blood red 18 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Derivation
language Ancient Hebrew
lexeme 1 *ʔădāmā
lexeme 2 ʔādōm
meaning 1 red blood
direction
meaning 2 red
reference HALOT: 15
comment The lexeme A is hapax Legomenon (Dt. 32:43). 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 EDG: 206
comment Note, however, that neither in Chaha nor in the related languages the relevant terms for red are basic colour terms. Terms for 'red' derived from däm 'blood' are also present in Mesqan, Ezha, Muher, Gogot, Endegen, Ennemor (EDG 206).
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
NEW Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Hindi
lexeme rakt (रक्त)
meaning 1 blood
direction
meaning 2 red
reference Bahri 1989
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Derivation
language Ket
lexeme 1 śūl
lexeme 2 śūlam
meaning 1 blood
direction
meaning 2 red
reference
comment Старостин 1995, 278
ACCEPTED Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Khmer
lexeme louhət, louhetaˀ-
meaning 1 blood
direction
meaning 2 red, gory
reference
comment Gorgoniev 1984, 627
NEW Realization 8
type Derivation
language Lau (Malaita island)
lexeme 1 'abu
lexeme 2 'abua
meaning 1 blood
direction
meaning 2 red, crimson
reference Fox 1974: 3
comment
NEW Realization 9
type Polysemy
language Marathi
lexeme rakta (रक्त)
meaning 1 blood
direction
meaning 2 (rare) red
reference Molesworth 1857
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 10
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
NEW Realization 11
type Polysemy
language Pali
lexeme lohita
meaning 1 blood
direction
meaning 2 red
reference <personally collected data>
comment

Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead 1921–1925 https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/pali_query.py?qs=lohita&searchhws=yes&matchtype=exact

NEW Realization 12
type Polysemy
language Rajasthani
lexeme ragat (रगत)
meaning 1 blood
direction
meaning 2 red, crimson
reference <personally collected data>
comment

Bhanwar Lal Suthar and Sukhveer Singh Gahlot (1998), Rajasthani-Hindi-English Dictionary, page 280. Jodhpur: Bharat Printers (Press)

ACCEPTED Realization 13
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.
NEW Realization 14
type Polysemy
language Sanskrit
lexeme lóhita (लोहित)
meaning 1 blood
direction
meaning 2 red

    cittaṃ saṃtānena bhavaṃ yaknā rudraṃ tanimnā paśupatiṃ sthūlahṛdayenāgniṃ hṛdayena rudraṃ lohitena śarvam matasnābhyām mahādevam antaḥpārśvenauṣiṣṭhahanaṃ śiṅgīnikośyābhyām (चित्तꣳ संतानेन भवं यक्ना रुद्रं तनिम्ना पशुपतिꣳ स्थूलहृदयेनाग्निꣳ हृदयेन रुद्रं लोहितेन शर्वम् मतस्नाभ्याम् महादेवम् अन्तःपार्श्वेनौषिष्ठहनꣳ शिङ्गीनिकोश्याभ्याम् ॥). Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) I.4.36
   


[I hail] Citta with the sinew, Bhava with the liver, Rudra with the taniman, Paśupati with the thick heart, Agni with the heart, Rudra with the blood, Śarva with the kidneys, Mahādeva with the intestinal flesh, him that slayest most quickly with the entrails.

reference MW: 909
comment
NEW Realization 15
type Polysemy
language Sanskrit
lexeme rakta (रक्त)
meaning 1 blood
direction
meaning 2 red
reference MW: 861-862
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 16
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 17
type Polysemy
language Thai
lexeme loo-hìt (โลหิต)
meaning 1 blood
direction
meaning 2 red
reference Morev 1964: 699 SEAlang Thai
comment from Pali
NEW Realization 18
type Polysemy
language Urdu
lexeme rakt (رکت)
meaning 1 blood
direction
meaning 2 red
reference <personally collected data>
comment

Platts, John T. (1884) A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co. https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/platts_query.py?qs=%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4&searchhws=yes&matchtype=exact