garbage <curse> 2 realizations MACROAREA: Eurasia
NEW Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Hill Mari
lexeme хӧли
meaning 1 rubbish, unnecessary things; junk
direction
meaning 2 swearword
reference Savatkova 2008
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NEW Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Mandarin Chinese
lexeme lājī (垃圾)
meaning 1 garbage; rubbish; trash; waste; refuse; junk

qīnglǐ lājī (垃圾)


to clean up the rubbish

direction
meaning 2 (colloquial) very bad; rubbish

Diànyǐng tài lājī le! (電影太垃圾了!/电影太垃圾了!)


This movie is so shit!

reference English Wiktionary
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