soft (adj.) weak 11 realizations Multi-area
NEW Realization 1 (ID: 20103)
type Polysemy
language Batsbi
lexeme maždalar
meaning 1 to soften
direction
meaning 2 to loosen
reference Bertlani (ed.) 2013: 104-105
comment
NEW Realization 2 (ID: 45150)
type Polysemy
language Fijian
lexeme malu-malumu
meaning 1 soft (adj.)
direction
meaning 2 weak
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 312
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 6251)
type Polysemy
language Gagauz
lexeme kaba
meaning 1 soft, sumptuous, crumbly каба ер
loose ground
direction
meaning 2 weak, feeble
reference
comment ГРМС 224.
NEW Realization 4 (ID: 45323)
type Polysemy
language Hungarian
lexeme puha
meaning 1 soft (adj.)
direction
meaning 2 weak-willed, easily influenced, with lack of energy, soft-hearted
reference MEK 1978
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 4861)
type Polysemy
language Ingush
lexeme k'ädːe
meaning 1 to soften, to pommel
direction
meaning 2 to exhaust, to tire out
reference
comment (Kurkiev 2004: 264)
ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 14235)
type Polysemy
language Kannada
lexeme jabbalu
meaning 1 soft or pulpy (of a ripe fruit)
direction
meaning 2 weak, infirm, or frail from old age
reference Kannada-English Etymological Dictionary: 404
comment
NEW Realization 7 (ID: 51388)
type Polysemy
language Modern Written Arabic
lexeme لَيِّن layyin-
meaning 1 soft (adj.), gentle

hubūṭ-un layyin-um


a soft lending

direction
meaning 2 weak; yielding, ductile; limber

 layyin-u l-ʔarīkat-i


of ductile character

reference Baranov: 738
comment
NEW Realization 8 (ID: 45151)
type Polysemy
language Niuean
lexeme molū
meaning 1 soft (adj.)
direction
meaning 2 weak
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 312
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 9 (ID: 6551)
type Polysemy
language Tigrinya
lexeme ləmlum
meaning 1 soft
direction
meaning 2 supple, ductile ləmlum säb
weak, feeble or delicate man, one who is physically soft
reference TED: 75
comment
NEW Realization 10 (ID: 45152)
type Polysemy
language Tikopia
lexeme malūlū
meaning 1 soft (adj.)
direction
meaning 2 weak
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 312
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 11 (ID: 10237)
type Polysemy
language Yakut
lexeme нуолур
meaning 1 soft, delicate 1) солко нуолур
1) soft silk 2) soft grass
direction
meaning 2 weak сылайан нуолур курдук буолбут
He was weak with fatigue
reference
comment ЯРС 255.