gold
—
money
13 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 1985 | silver | ↔ | money | Open |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Chinook Jargon | |
| Lexeme 1 | pil dollar | |
| Lexeme 2 | dolla | |
| Meaning 1 | gold | |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | dollar, money | |
| Reference | Gibbs 1863 | |
| Comment | 'red money'. |
|
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Fataluku | |
| Lexeme 1 | lavan-karasu | |
| Lexeme 2 | lavanu, lavan | |
| Meaning 1 | gold | |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | money | |
| Reference | Nácher 2012: 196 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Ilocano | |
| Language 2 | Kankanabu | |
| Lexeme 1 | balitók | |
| Lexeme 2 | vanítuku | |
| Meaning 1 | gold | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | money | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Also саароа vałitukug 'money', Tagal. balitók 'gold ore'. Сирк 2008, 162 | |
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Koreguaje | |
| Lexeme | kuri | |
| Meaning 1 | gold | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | money | |
| Reference | Cook & Gralow: 73 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Borrowing | |
| Language 1 | Latin | |
| Language 2 | Swedish | |
| Lexeme 1 | aurum | |
| Lexeme 2 | öre | |
| Meaning 1 | gold | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | oere | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Via the word for the Roman coin aureus | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| Lexeme | jīn (金) | |
| Meaning 1 | gold | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | money | |
| Reference | BKRS | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Nez Perce (Nimipuutímt) | |
| Lexeme | kícuy | |
| Meaning 1 | gold | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | money | |
| Reference | Aoki 1994: 223 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | North Alaskan Inuit (Iñupiaq) | |
| Lexeme 1 | manik kaviqsuaq | |
| Lexeme 2 | manik | |
| Meaning 1 | gold | |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | money | |
| Reference | MacLean 2012: 286 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Polish | |
| Lexeme | złoty | |
| Meaning 1 | golden | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | zloty (currency unit of Poland) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tamil | |
| Lexeme | iraṇiyam | |
| Meaning 1 | gold | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | money, coin | |
| Reference | Tamil lexicon: 311 | |
| Comment | Borrowed from sanskrit "híraṇya" (Turner, 816), but Turner doesn't describe the meaning "money" | |
| NEW Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tundra Yukaghir | |
| Lexeme | поҕодэ(ҥ) | |
| Meaning 1 | gold | Тиндаа чаманэҥ тэт поҕодэ саҕаал моркиэл, таҥньэҥ мэ нугиэй? Once upon a time a big rumor spread that your gold was lost, was it found? |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | money | Мэт эл чавираа- нундьэҥ мэт поҕодэ-нэмэ ньидьаҕайдаҕанэ, синь поҕодэ мэ кэлуунуни, мэ йэдэйнуни When money and the like [things] run out, I do not grieve, because [anyway] money comes, appears. |
| Reference | Kurilov 2001: 374-375, 406 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Borrowing | |
| Language 1 | Turkish | |
| Language 2 | Russian | |
| Lexeme 1 | altın | |
| Lexeme 2 | altyn | |
| Meaning 1 | gold | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | Old Russian currency unit (3 copecks) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Western Abenaki | |
| Lexeme 1 | wizôwmôni | |
| Lexeme 2 | môni | |
| Meaning 1 | gold | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | money | |
| Reference | Day 1994: 503 | |
| Comment | 'yellow money' |
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