white
+
very, of high degree
→
Venus
4 realizations
MACROAREA: Eurasia
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Korean | |
| lexeme 1 | baek (백) + tae (태) | |
| lexeme 2 | taebaekseong (태백성) | |
| meaning 1 | white + great | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | the evening star; the planet Venus in the western sky | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | Sino-Korean word from 太白星, from 太 (great) + 白 (white) + 星 (star) |
|
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| lexeme 1 | bái (白) + tài (太) | |
| lexeme 2 | Tàibái (太白) | |
| meaning 1 | white + very | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (historical astronomy) Venus | |
| reference | English Wiktionary BKRS | |
| comment | Needham, Joseph (1959). Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and the Earth. Science and Civilisation in China. Vol. 3. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 398. |
|
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tamil | |
| lexeme | cuvētam (சுவேதம்) | |
| meaning 1 | white | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Venus | |
| reference | Tamil lexicon | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tibetan | |
| lexeme | dkar po (དཀར་པོ) | |
| meaning 1 | white | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Venus | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | Erik Pema Kunsang dictionary |
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