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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 1534
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