green plant (biol.) 10 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Akkadian
lexeme arḳu
meaning 1 yellow, green
direction
meaning 2 greenery; vegetables
reference CAD
comment CAD a 2, 300-301. Presumably derived from the colour word "yellowish green" at the Protosemitic level.
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Classical Arabic
lexeme ḫaḍir-
meaning 1 green
direction
meaning 2 vegetation, green vegetables
reference Lane: 755
comment BK I 586, Wehr 283
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme 1 green
lexeme 2 green, greens
meaning 1 green
direction
meaning 2 green vegetation, vegetables
reference
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)'.
ACCEPTED Realization 4
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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ACCEPTED Realization 5
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
reference CDG: 233
comment LLA 70-71
ACCEPTED Realization 6
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
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7
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
reference
comment (LezgRus 175, given as homonyms)
ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Mongolian (Khalkha)
lexeme 1 nogoon
lexeme 2 nogoo(n)
meaning 1 green
direction
meaning 2 greens
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 9
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.
reference
comment
NEW Realization 10
type Derivation
language Tatar
lexeme 1 яшел
lexeme 2 яшелчә
meaning 1 green
direction
meaning 2 vegetables
reference Asylgaraev, Ganiev et al. (eds.) 2007: 2, 726
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