yellow
↔
gold
17 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
2376 | red | — | gold | Open |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Cognates | |
Language 1 | Akkadian | |
Language 2 | Geez | |
Lexeme 1 | arḳu (warḳu) | |
Lexeme 2 | warḳ | |
Meaning 1 | yellow, green | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | gold | |
Reference | CAD: a 2, 300 CDG: 618 | |
Comment | Meaning B has been registered in Akkadian too, but it is marginal. |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Classical Arabic | |
Lexeme 1 | أَصْفَرُ ʔaṣfar-u- | |
Lexeme 2 | صَفْرَاءُ ṣafrāʔ-u- | |
Meaning 1 | yellow | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | gold | |
Reference | BK: I 1347 | |
Comment | The word ṣafrāʔ- is a substantivized feminine adjective, lit. 'yellow', it is mainly used in poetic texts. |
NEW Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Croatian | |
Lexeme | žut | |
Meaning 1 | yellow | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | gold | |
Reference | HJP | |
Comment |
NEW Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Crow | |
Lexeme 1 | shíile | |
Lexeme 2 | úuwatshiile | |
Meaning 1 | yellow | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | gold | |
Reference | Medicine Horse 1987: 83, 92 | |
Comment |
NEW Realization 5 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Fataluku | |
Lexeme 1 | karase, karasu | |
Lexeme 2 | lavan-karasu | |
Meaning 1 | yellow | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | gold | |
Reference | Nácher 2012: 184, 196 | |
Comment |
NEW Realization 6 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Guarani | |
Lexeme 1 | yu | |
Lexeme 2 | cuarepotiyú | |
Meaning 1 | yellow | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | gold | |
Reference | Jover Peralta, Osuna 1950: 45, 69 | |
Comment |
NEW Realization 7 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Igbo | |
Lexeme 1 | edo | |
Lexeme 2 | öla edo | |
Meaning 1 | yellow | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | gold | |
Reference | Echeruo 2001: 139 | |
Comment | 'yellow bronze' |
NEW Realization 8 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Koasati | |
Lexeme 1 | lá:na | |
Lexeme 2 | toknawlá:na | |
Meaning 1 | yellow | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | gold | |
Reference | <personally collected data> | |
Comment | 'yellow money' Geoffrey D. Kimball; Bel Abbey; Martha John; Ruth Poncho Koasati Dictionary 1994 232 |
ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Manchu | |
Lexeme | аjсин | |
Meaning 1 | yellow | |
Direction | ← | |
Meaning 2 | gold | |
Reference | ||
Comment | ТМС 1, 22 |
NEW Realization 10 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Nez Perce (Nimipuutímt) | |
Lexeme 1 | maqsmáqs | |
Lexeme 2 | maqsmáqs kícuy | |
Meaning 1 | yellow | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | gold | |
Reference | Aoki 1994: 223 | |
Comment |
NEW Realization 11 | ||
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Type | Cognates | |
Language 1 | Pela (Bolo) | |
Language 2 | Burmese | |
Lexeme 1 | xui⁵⁵ | |
Lexeme 2 | hrwe (ရွှေ) | |
Meaning 1 | yellow | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | gold | |
Reference | Dai Qingxia 2007 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Romanian | |
Lexeme | galben | |
Meaning 1 | yellow | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | golden coin (hist) | |
Reference | DEX98 | |
Comment | DRRS 1, 897, DEX98 |
NEW Realization 13 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Sanskrit | |
Lexeme | kañcana (कञ्चन) | |
Meaning 1 | kind of yellow pigment | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | gold | |
Reference | MW | |
Comment | From Proto-Indo-European *kn̥h₂ónks 'golden, honey-colored'. Cognate with Ancient Greek κνηκός 'pale yellow', Latin canicae 'bran', Middle Welsh canecon 'gold' and Old English huniġ (English honey). |
NEW Realization 14 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Serbian | |
Lexeme | жут (žut) | |
Meaning 1 | yellow | жут восак, жута мајица yellow wax, yellow t-shirt |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | gold | жут дукат golden ducat |
Reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 376 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
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Type | Cognates | |
Language 1 | Syriac | |
Language 2 | Akkadian | |
Lexeme 1 | ḥərāʕā, ḥarūʕā | |
Lexeme 2 | ḫurāṣu | |
Meaning 1 | yellow | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | gold | |
Reference | LSyr.: 257 CAD: ḫ 245 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tamil | |
Lexeme | piṅkalam | |
Meaning 1 | yellow, gold colour | |
Direction | ↔ | |
Meaning 2 | gold | |
Reference | Tamil lexicon: 2645 | |
Comment |
NEW Realization 17 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Western Abenaki | |
Lexeme 1 | wizôw | |
Lexeme 2 | wizôwmôni | |
Meaning 1 | yellow | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | gold | |
Reference | Day 1994: 503 | |
Comment |