blood
↔
red
10 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Ancient Hebrew | |
| Lexeme 1 | *ʔădāmā | |
| Lexeme 2 | ʔādōm | |
| Meaning 1 | red blood | Hapax Legomenon, употреблен в Deut 32:43 |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | red | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (HALOT 15). At the Proto-Afrasian level it was possible that the term "red" *ʔdm was derived from blood *dam. | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Batsbi | |
| Lexeme 1 | c̣ejg[î] | |
| Lexeme 2 | c̣egẽ | |
| Meaning 1 | blood | |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | red | |
| Reference | Bertlani (ed.) 2018: 161-162 | |
| Comment | c̣egōrẽ 'spotted with blood, covered in blood' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Chaha | |
| Lexeme 1 | däm | |
| Lexeme 2 | dämyä | |
| Meaning 1 | blood | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | red | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | (LGur. 206). Note, however, that neither in Chaha nor in the related languages the relevant terms for red are basic colour terms. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Evenki | |
| Lexeme 1 | sēkse | |
| Lexeme 2 | segǯen | |
| Meaning 1 | blood | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | gory | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ТМС 2, 136, 138 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Ket | |
| Lexeme 1 | śūl | |
| Lexeme 2 | śūlam | |
| Meaning 1 | blood | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | red | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Старостин 1995, 278 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Khmer | |
| Lexeme | louhət, louhetaˀ- | |
| Meaning 1 | blood | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | red, gory | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Gorgoniev 1984, 627 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Meriam (Eastern Torres Strait) | |
| Lexeme 1 | mam | |
| Lexeme 2 | mamamamam | |
| Meaning 1 | blood | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | red | |
| Reference | Ray 1907: 152 | |
| Comment | Rivers 1901 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | ruda | |
| Lexeme 2 | rudoj | |
| Meaning 1 | blood (russian dial.) | |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | red haired (Russian dialects) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Даль 4 108. The colour word in this case is primary. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Tamil | |
| Lexeme 1 | cempulam | |
| Lexeme 2 | cemmai | |
| Meaning 1 | battleground (lit. 'bloody earth') | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | red colour | |
| Reference | Tamil-Russian dictionary: 582 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Thai | |
| Lexeme | lɔ̄-hît | |
| Meaning 1 | blood | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | red | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | from Pali Morev 1964, 699 | |