left-handed
→
clumsy
3 realizations
Multi-area
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | left-handed | |
| meaning 1 | using one's left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's right | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | awkward or maladroit | |
| reference | OED English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hill Mari | |
| lexeme | шалахайгид | |
| meaning 1 | left-handed | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | clumsy | |
| reference | Savatkova 2008 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Malagasy | |
| lexeme | manavia | |
| meaning 1 | to act with the left hand, to use left hand | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to be clumsy | |
| reference | Korneev 1966: 188 | |
| comment | ||