leaf
↔
green
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Evenki | |
| Lexeme 1 | абданна | |
| Lexeme 2 | абданнама | |
| Meaning 1 | leaf (plant) | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | green; yellow (the colour of leaves) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ТМС 1, 5 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme 1 | ḳəṭäl | |
| Lexeme 2 | ḳəṭäləyya | |
| Meaning 1 | leaf | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | green, olive-green, greenish, leaf-like | |
| Reference | AED: 829-830 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Classical Arabic | |
| Language 2 | Akkadian | |
| Lexeme 1 | waraḳ- | |
| Lexeme 2 | arḳu (warḳu) | |
| Meaning 1 | foliage | |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | yellow, green (as a natural color) | |
| Reference | CAD | |
| Comment | BK II 1522; CAD a 2, 300. Colour naming comes from Proto-Semitic *wrḳ 'yellow-green' which has a reflex in Arabic but with a meaning 'grey'. |
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