#0611 soft (adj.) → weak 6 realizations
NEW Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Batsbi
lexeme maždalar
meaning 1 to soften
direction —
meaning 2 to loosen
reference Bertlani (ed.) 2013: 104-105
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Gagauz
lexeme kaba
meaning 1 soft, sumptuous, crumbly каба ер
loose ground
direction —
meaning 2 weak, feeble
reference
comment ГРМС 224.
ACCEPTED Realization 3
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 4
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
ACCEPTED Realization 5
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
comment (KT 75)
ACCEPTED Realization 6
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.

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