Meaning: left

Represented in 150 languages with 40 cognate sets.

Illustrative Context

He is blind in his left eye.

Target Sense

  • The opposite of right — see also the target meaning definition for that IE-CoR reference meaning.
  • Enter the adjective form, rather than the adverb.
  • Avoid forms specifically for the left hand, or that include a lexeme for hand, i.e. unless the original hand element has become so semantically bleached that it is now just part of the basic default word for left, and could be applied as such also in cases such as the illustrative context, referring to the left eye.

Cognate sets for meaning: left

Id <span style="white-space:nowrap;">IE-CoR ref. form&nbsp;</span> <span style="white-space:nowrap;">IE-CoR ref. lang.&nbsp;</span> # clades # lexemes loan? pll loan? pll deriv.? ideoph.? loan src lang. src lex cogset. Details

Lexeme Details

Language Lexeme Phonetic Phonemic Cognate set loan? pll loan? Source lang