to lose one's way to make a mistake, be wrong 20 realizations Multi-area
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 4484)
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme tänsäwallälä
meaning 1 wander, walk without purpose
direction
meaning 2 to be imbecile
reference AED: 569
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ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 38398)
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme satä
meaning 1 to lose one's way
direction
meaning 2 to err, to be mistaken, make a mistake
reference AED: 529
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ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 1484)
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme πλάνη
meaning 1 wandering
direction
meaning 2 fallacy
reference
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ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 24086)
type Polysemy
language Bashkir
lexeme аҙашыу
meaning 1 to get lost
direction
meaning 2 to make a mistake, be wrong
reference Bashkir Uraksin 1996: 10
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ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 10601)
type Polysemy
language Burmese
lexeme лàнхмà
meaning 1 to get lost, to lose the way
direction
meaning 2 to be wrong; fallacy
reference
comment Novikov et al. 1976, 512
ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 31898)
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme to go astray
meaning 1 to lose one's way

In order not to go astray, it is often necessary to verify the correctness of the chosen direction of its movement.

direction
meaning 2 to make a mistake, be wrong

Paul recognized that even church leaders may go astray.

reference <personally collected data>
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ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 4483)
type Polysemy
language Geez
lexeme səḥta
meaning 1 lose (the way), get lost bəʔəsi zazzaziʔahu ḥora ba-fənotu wa-səḥta (Jes. 53:6)

Each man went his own way and went astray.

direction
meaning 2 make a mistake, err nabiy ʔəmma səḥta ʔana ʔasḥatkəwwo (Hez. 14:9)

If a prophet erred, then I made him err.

reference CDG: 494 LLA: 329f.
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ACCEPTED Realization 8 (ID: 4485)
type Polysemy
language Geez
lexeme gegaya
meaning 1 to go astray, go wrong yogi ʔəgeggi ʔəsma ʔənta fənota dabr mamaṣāʔku

Perhaps I am going astray because I came through a mountain road.

direction
meaning 2 to err ba-fətḥ ʔi-yəgeggi ʔafuhu (Prov. 16:10)
His mouth will not err in the judgment.
reference LLA: 1199 CDG: 185
comment Cf. also ʔangegaya 'hinc innde oberrare, circumerrare, vagari': tāngegi bagadām 'you are wandering in the desert' (LLA 1199), with the meaning A only.
ACCEPTED Realization 9 (ID: 5917)
type Polysemy
language Karaim
lexeme азас-
meaning 1 to get lost
meaning 2 to be mistaken
reference
comment КРПС 47.
ACCEPTED Realization 10 (ID: 26088)
type Polysemy
language Kazakh
lexeme адасу
meaning 1 to lose one's way
direction
meaning 2 to make a mistake, be wrong
reference Syzdykova, Xusain (eds.) 2008: 27
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ACCEPTED Realization 11 (ID: 2820)
type Polysemy
language Komi
lexeme ылавны
meaning 1 to get lost шондiа лунö вöрын он ылав
on a sunny day it is impossible to get lost in a forest
direction
meaning 2 to be mistaken ылавны артасигöн
to make a mistake in calculations
reference
comment КомиРС 755
ACCEPTED Realization 12 (ID: 10216)
type Polysemy
language Lak
lexeme äjq'in
meaning 1 to get lost, to lose the way
direction
meaning 2 to be mistaken, to do wrong
reference
comment (Khajdakov 1962: 42)
ACCEPTED Realization 13 (ID: 7600)
type Polysemy
language Latin
lexeme erro, -are
meaning 1 to lose one's way, to get lost
direction
meaning 2 to be wrong
reference
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ACCEPTED Realization 14 (ID: 1560)
type Polysemy
language Nganasan
lexeme дюгуса
meaning 1 to get lost
direction
meaning 2 to be mistaken
reference NMS: 499 Kosterkina, Momde, Ždanova 2001: 47
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ACCEPTED Realization 15 (ID: 38420)
type Polysemy
language Nogai
lexeme адасув
meaning 1 to lose one's way
direction
meaning 2 to make a mistake, be wrong
reference Baskakov 1963
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ACCEPTED Realization 16 (ID: 4482)
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 заблудиться (zabludit'sja)
lexeme 2 заблуждаться (zabluždat'sja)
meaning 1 to get lost Дети заблудились в лесу
Children got lost in the forest
direction
meaning 2 to be wrong Вы заблуждаетесь
You are mistaken!
reference
comment

In Czech bloudit, Pol. błądzić and Srb. Both meanings are combined; in Bulg. блуждая, Mac. блуди there is only 'to roam, to wander'.

Cf. also заблудший zabludšij ‘lost, stray; misguided, dissolute’.

ACCEPTED Realization 17 (ID: 10199)
type Polysemy
language Tagalog
lexeme máhidwâ
meaning 1 to get lost
direction
meaning 2 to be mistaken (fig.)
reference
comment hidwâ 'erroneous, mistaken'
ACCEPTED Realization 18 (ID: 44152)
type Polysemy
language Thai
lexeme lǒng (หลง)
meaning 1 to lose one's way
direction
meaning 2 to make a mistake, be wrong
reference SEAlang Thai
comment

From Proto-Tai *ʰloŋᴬ 'lost'

Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai (Doctoral dissertation)‎, Department of Linguistics, Cornell University , page 347 https://ecommons.cornell.edu/bitstream/handle/1813/13855/Pittayaporn,%20Pittayawat.pdf

ACCEPTED Realization 19 (ID: 41131)
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme sapmak
meaning 1 to lose one's way, to go in wrong direction

delikanlı yoldan saptı


A young person turned from the road

direction
meaning 2 to make a mistake, be wrong

yalana sapmak


to get stuck in lies. 

reference Baskakov 1977: 752
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ACCEPTED Realization 20 (ID: 50978)
type Polysemy
language Ukrainian
lexeme блудити
meaning 1 to walk, drive, etc. at random, without knowing the path or direction; to wander

Ото ж тая дівчинонька. Що сонна блудила (Шевч., І, 1951, 6); - Як почав ходить, як почав блудить, Де був - і сам не знаю (Мирний, IV, 1955, 126); Йому здавалося, що десь близько свого села блудить (Ков., Світ.., 1960, 19)

direction
meaning 2 (dialect) to make mistake

Я блудив багато, блудив, бо правди і добра шукав, в добро і правду віруючи свято (Фр., XIII, 1954,/52).

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