Number of realizations
5
wax
→
yellow
Realization | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Syriac | |
Lexeme | šəʕōtā | |
Meaning 1 | wax | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | yellow, the colour of wax | |
Reference | ||
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Comment | Brock. 792. Cf. also šəʕōtāyā 'flavus', šəʕōtānāyā 'yellow' (ibid.). The word for yellow in some modern Aramaic dialects has also been derived from the word meaning wax (but the same root as in Syrian). See further Bulakh 2019:167. |
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme 1 | воск (vosk) | |
Lexeme 2 | восковой (voskovoj) | |
Meaning 1 | wax | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | waxen | восковой цвет лица "wax like complexion" |
Reference | <personally collected data> | |
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Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Bulgarian | |
Lexeme | восъчен | |
Meaning 1 | waxen | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | wax-yellow (of skin) | |
Reference | Bernštejn 1966 | |
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Comment |
Realization | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Meadow Mari | |
Lexeme | шыште | |
Meaning 1 | wax | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | waxen, cream-coloured | |
Reference | Marij jylme muter | |
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