blunt stupid 23 realizations Multi-area
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 1642)
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme dänäz
meaning 1 blunt or dull (knife)
direction
meaning 2 slow-witted, stupid
reference AED: 1803
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ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 3314)
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme κωφός
meaning 1 blunt
direction
meaning 2 stupid
reference
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ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 4120)
type Polysemy
language Armenian
lexeme but(h)
meaning 1 blunt but(h) danak
blunt knife
meaning 2 stupid, dim
reference
comment АрмРС
ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 4389)
type Polysemy
language Azerbaijani
lexeme küt
meaning 1 blunt
direction
meaning 2 stupid (slow witted)
reference ARRAL: 147
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ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 4972)
type Polysemy
language Chuvash
lexeme măka
meaning 1 blunt
meaning 2 stupid
reference
comment Meaning А is present in the reflexes of this root also in Tatar, Bashkir, Altai; meaning B is present in Altai ЭСТЯ, 2003, 44-45
NEW Realization 6 (ID: 25767)
type Polysemy
language Croatian
lexeme tup
meaning 1 blunt
direction
meaning 2 stupid
reference HJP
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ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 4832)
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme blunt
meaning 1 blunt
meaning 2 dim
reference
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ACCEPTED Realization 8 (ID: 8917)
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme dull
meaning 1 blunt (blade) the knife was too dull to be of any use

direction
meaning 2 stupid, dim although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick

reference
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ACCEPTED Realization 9 (ID: 6669)
type Polysemy
language Erzya
lexeme ношка
meaning 1 blunt ношка пеель, ношка узере, ношка беельть
blunt knife, blunt axe, blunt scissors
direction
meaning 2 stupid ношка ломань
bone head
reference
comment ЭрзРС 419
ACCEPTED Realization 10 (ID: 4273)
type Derivation
language German
lexeme 1 stumpf
lexeme 2 stümpfsinnig
meaning 1 blunt
direction
meaning 2 unintelligent, narrow (person, colloq.)
reference
comment The Rus. Тупоумный (thickheaded), has been presumably calqued from German.
ACCEPTED Realization 11 (ID: 2397)
type Polysemy
language Icelandic
lexeme sljór
meaning 1 blunt sljór hnífur
blunt knife
direction
meaning 2 stupid, slow witted hún er orðin sljó og hætt að fylgjast með
she has become slow-witted and it was hard for her to follow
reference ISLEX
comment Берков
NEW Realization 12 (ID: 22670)
type Polysemy
language Khamnigan Mongol
lexeme moxo:
meaning 1 blunt
direction
meaning 2 stupid
reference Damdinov, Sundueva 2015: 204
comment
NEW Realization 13 (ID: 26594)
type Polysemy
language Latin
lexeme hebes
meaning 1 blunt
direction
meaning 2 stupid
reference Lewis, Short
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 14 (ID: 790)
type Polysemy
language Mandarin Chinese
lexeme dùn (钝)
meaning 1 blunt Zhè bǎ dāozi dùnle, gāi móle (这把刀子钝了, 该磨了)
This knife is blunt, it's time to grind
direction
meaning 2 stupid Fā dùn (发钝)
to become stupid
reference BKRS: 12416
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ACCEPTED Realization 15 (ID: 5464)
type Polysemy
language Moksha
lexeme тулаза
meaning 1 blunt тулаза пеель
blunt knife
meaning 2 stupid тулаза студент
stupid student
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ACCEPTED Realization 16 (ID: 5722)
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme тупой (tupoj)
meaning 1 blunt тупой нож
blunt knife
direction
meaning 2 stupid тупой доцент
stupid lecturer
reference
comment
NEW Realization 17 (ID: 25766)
type Polysemy
language Serbian
lexeme туп (tup)
meaning 1 blunt

туп нож, тупа бритва


blunt knife, blunt razor

direction
meaning 2 stupid

тупо лице, туп поглед


stupid face, stupid look

reference Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 1351
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ACCEPTED Realization 18 (ID: 988)
type Polysemy
language Tagalog
lexeme pudpód
meaning 1 blunt
direction
meaning 2 stupid
reference
comment Таг 246
ACCEPTED Realization 19 (ID: 399)
type Polysemy
language Thai
lexeme dɯ̄-thɯ̄
meaning 1 blunt
direction
meaning 2 stupid
reference
comment Также dɯ̄-dān
ACCEPTED Realization 20 (ID: 1238)
type Polysemy
language Tibetan
lexeme rno-med
meaning 1 blunt
direction
meaning 2 stupid
reference
comment Рерих V, 141
ACCEPTED Realization 21 (ID: 4044)
type Polysemy
language Tuvan
lexeme дɵгей
meaning 1 blunt дɵгей бижек
blunt knife
meaning 2 stupid дɵгей кижи
stupid person
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 22 (ID: 12568)
type Polysemy
language Udmurt
lexeme ныж
meaning 1 blunt ныж пурт "тупой нож"
blunt knife
direction
meaning 2 stupid ныж адями "тупой человек"
stupid person
reference Kirillova 2008
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 23 (ID: 4918)
type Polysemy
language Uzbek
lexeme o’tmas
meaning 1 blunt
meaning 2 stupid, dim
reference
comment УРС, Азизов, Ризаева