Number of realizations
9
green
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plant (biol.)
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Geez | |
Lexeme 1 | ḥamalmil | |
Lexeme 2 | ḥaml | |
Meaning 1 | 'green, verdant' | ʕənḳʷ ḥamalmil "Gen. 2:12: 'the green gem'" |
Direction | ← | |
Meaning 2 | 'vegetation, vegetables, herbs, shrubs' | ḥamla gadām "4 Ezr. 12:58: 'the vegetation of the field'" |
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Comment | (LGz. 233; LLA 70-71) |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Lezgian | |
Lexeme | qːaz | |
Meaning 1 | green colour | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | bally crops going green | къацар "(in the plural:) bally crops, young crops of wheat" |
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Comment | (LezgRus 175, given as homonyms) |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
Lexeme 1 | nogoon | |
Lexeme 2 | nogoo(n) | |
Meaning 1 | green | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | greens | |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | English | |
Lexeme 1 | green | |
Lexeme 2 | green, greens | |
Meaning 1 | green | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | green vegetation, vegetables | |
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Comment | From a dictionary entry: 'a) plant leaves used for decorating interiors, bouquets etc.; b) green, edible green (e.g., spinach, parsley, fennel); c green vegetables (ripe)'. |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Akkadian | |
Lexeme | arḳu | |
Meaning 1 | 'yellow, green' | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | 'greenery; vegetables' | |
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Comment | (CAD AII 300-1). Presumable derived from the colour word "yellowish green" at the Protosemitic level. |
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme 1 | zelenyj | |
Lexeme 2 | zelen' | |
Meaning 1 | green | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | greenery | Беседка была скрыта в густой зелени. "The pavilion was hidden by the thick greenery." |
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | French | |
Lexeme 1 | vert | |
Lexeme 2 | verdure | |
Meaning 1 | green | herbe verte "green grass" |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | greens, grass, leaves, vegetables, salad | verdure folle "thick brushwood" |
Reference | CNRTL | |
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Arabic | |
Lexeme | ḫaḍir- | |
Meaning 1 | green | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | vegetation, green vegetables | |
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Comment | BK I 586; Lane 755; Wehr 283 |
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Hungarian | |
Lexeme | zöld | |
Meaning 1 | green | zöld erdő "a green forest" |
Direction | ↔ | |
Meaning 2 | vegetation | zöldet tesz a virágcsokorhoz; menjünk ki a zöldbe "to put green leaves into a bunch of flowers; let's go out to the green place" |
Reference | MEK 1978 page 1534 | |
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