green
→
plant (biol.)
10 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Akkadian | |
| lexeme | arḳu | |
| meaning 1 | yellow, green | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | greenery; vegetables | |
| reference | CAD: A 2, 300-301 | |
| comment | Presumably derived from the colour word "yellowish green" at the Protosemitic level. | |
| 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 | |
| comment | ||
| 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 LLA: 70-71 | |
| comment | ||
| 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 | |
| comment | ||