Number of realizations
9
green
→
plant (biol.)
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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) | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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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| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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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