Meaning: right

Represented in 155 languages with 28 cognate sets.

Illustrative Context

He is blind in his right eye.

Disambiguation
  • The adjective ‘right’ as the opposite of left, not in the sense of ‘correct’, nor the noun in the sense of an entitlement (human rights).
Target Sense
  • The opposite of left — 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 right 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 right, and could be applied as such also in cases such as the illustrative context, referring to the right eye.

Cognate sets for meaning: right

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