white silver 25 realizations
NEW Realization 1
Type Cognates
Language 1 Ancient Hebrew
Language 2 Amharic
Lexeme 1 bārūr
Lexeme 2 bərr
Meaning 1 clean; clear
Direction
Meaning 2 silver
Reference AED: 875 HALOT: 163
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Derivation
Language Classical Arabic
Lexeme 1 ʔabyaḍ-
Lexeme 2 bayḍāʔ-
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 silver
Reference BK: I 184
Comment the lexeme bayḍāʔ- - is a nominalized feminine adjective, lit. 'white'; it is used mainly in poetic texts.
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Cuoi (Thổ)
Lexeme pa:k.31
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 silver
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Derivation
Language Evenki
Lexeme 1 багдама (bagdama)
Lexeme 2 багдамал мэнгур (bagdamal mengur)
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 silver


Reference Vasilevič 1958: 47
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Polysemy
Language French
Lexeme blanc
Meaning 1 white des lilas blancs
white lilies
Direction
Meaning 2 a name for a small silver coin
Reference CNRTL
Comment Gr.Rob. 2, 19
NEW Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language Gagauz
Lexeme biyazlık
Meaning 1 whiteness
Direction
Meaning 2 silver
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

Gagauzça-rusça-romınca sözlük = Гагаузско-русско-румынский словарь = Dicţionar găgăuz-rus-român / Fundaţia pentru susţinerea şi dezvoltarea ştiinţei şi culturii găgăuzilor "CAINAC"; alcăt. P. Cebotari, I. Dron. - Ch.: PONTOS, 2002

NEW Realization 7
Type Semantic evolution
Language Geez
Lexeme 1 barra
Lexeme 2 bərur
Meaning 1 to purify, to make white
Direction
Meaning 2 silver
Reference CDG: 106
Comment

PS *brr 'to be pure; to shine', PES *bərr, bərur 'silver, money' (EDA I 192, Kogan 2015:192).

NEW Realization 8
Type Polysemy
Language Hani
Lexeme phv̩⁵⁵
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 silver
Reference Sūn 1991
Comment

CLICS-3

Caiyuan dialect, phju⁵⁵ in Dazhai dialect

ACCEPTED Realization 9
Type Cognates
Language 1 Hittite
Language 2 Latin
Lexeme 1 ḫarki
Lexeme 2 argenrum
Meaning 1 white; white of the egg or eye
Direction
Meaning 2 silver
Reference Kloekhorst 2008
Comment The same Ancient Greek: ἀργός ‘white, bright’, ἄργυρος ‘silver’, Tocharian А. ārki ‘white’, Tocharian B ārkwi ‘white’, Armenian arcatʿ (արծաթ) ‘silver’, Breton arc'hant ‘money; silver’, Welsh arian, Old Irish argat, Irish Gaelic airgead, Manx argid, Scottish Gaelic airgead ‘silver’, ‘money’, Sanskrit árjuna ‘white, clear, bright’, ‘made of silver’, rajat, rajatá ‘white’, ‘silver’, Avestian ǝrǝzata ‘silver’, Old Persian ardata ‘silver’, Oscan aragetud ‘silver’ (abl.sg.), Faliscan arcentelom ‘small silver coin’ (acc. sg.). The Hittite word possibly also have the meaning of ‘silver’. Ivanov 1983, 8; Gamkrelidze, Ivanov 1984, 713, Mallory 1984, Kroonen 2013, Martirosyan 2010, De Vaan 2008, ESIJa 1, 231, Adams 2013
NEW Realization 10
Type Derivation
Language Japanese
Lexeme 1 haku (白)
Lexeme 2 hakugin (白銀)
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 silver
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

white + silver

ACCEPTED Realization 11
Type Derivation
Language Kali'na (Carib)
Lexeme 1 amunu
Lexeme 2 amununpo
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 silver
Reference World Loanword Database
Comment amunu-npo [whitness-?]
ACCEPTED Realization 12
Type Derivation
Language Ket
Lexeme 1 taɣəm
Lexeme 2 taɣəm eˀ
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 silver
Reference World Loanword Database
Comment taɣəm eˀ [white iron]
NEW Realization 13
Type Derivation
Language Koasati
Lexeme 1 hátka
Lexeme 2 toknawhátka
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 silver
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

'white money'

Geoffrey D. Kimball; Bel Abbey; Martha John; Ruth Poncho Koasati Dictionary 1994 231-232

NEW Realization 14
Type Polysemy
Language Lahu Na
Lexeme phu
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 silver
Reference Sūn 1991
Comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 15
Type Polysemy
Language Lisu
Lexeme phu⁴⁴
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 silver
Reference Sūn 1991
Comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 16
Type Polysemy
Language Mangdi
Lexeme pʰu⁵⁵
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 silver
Reference Sūn 1991
Comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 17
Type Polysemy
Language Nasu (Black Yi, Eastern Yi)
Lexeme ʈhu 33
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 silver
Reference Sūn 1991
Comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 18
Type Derivation
Language Old Turkic
Lexeme 1 aq
Lexeme 2 aqča
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 money, coin
Reference ESTJA: 1, 116-117, 120-121
Comment 'white' → 'silver' → '(silver) coin'
NEW Realization 19
Type Polysemy
Language Piyo (Biyue)
Lexeme pv.55
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 silver
Reference Sūn 1991
Comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 20
Type Derivation
Language Q'eqchi'
Lexeme 1 saqi
Lexeme 2 saqi ch’iich’
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 silver
Reference World Loanword Database
Comment 'white metal'
ACCEPTED Realization 21
Type Polysemy
Language Sanskrit
Lexeme rajata
Meaning 1 whitish, silver-coloured, silvery rajataṃ hiraṇyam
‘whitish gold’ i.e. silver
Direction
Meaning 2 silver, made of silver
Reference MW: 863, 1
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 22
Type Polysemy
Language Sanskrit
Lexeme arjuna
Meaning 1 white, clear (the colour of the day, RV. vi, 9, 1 ; of the dawn, RV. i, 49, 3 ; of the lightning; of the milk; of silver, &c.)
Direction
Meaning 2 made of silver, AV. iv, 37, 4
Reference MW: 90, 1
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 23
Type Derivation
Language Selkup
Lexeme 1 чаӷ
Lexeme 2 чаӷ ӄомдэ́
Meaning 1 white
Direction
Meaning 2 silver чаӷ ӄомдэ́л
silver (adj.)
Reference Consolidated Selkup
Comment lit. 'white money'
NEW Realization 24
Type Polysemy
Language Tamil
Lexeme citam
Meaning 1 whiteness
Direction
Meaning 2 silver
Reference Tamil lexicon: 1417
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 25
Type Polysemy
Language Tibetan
Lexeme dkar-po
Meaning 1 white, bright
Direction
Meaning 2 silver
Reference Roerich: I, 95
Comment