yellow
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green
32 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Syncretism | |
| Language | Akkadian | |
| Lexeme | warḳu | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | AHw. 1471 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Bagvalal | |
| Lexeme | ʕačub | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | БРС 171 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Syncretism | |
| Language | Koryak | |
| Lexeme | нылэлэлпэяӄэн | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | КорРС 78 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Telugu | |
| Lexeme | pacca, paccana | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | DEDR: 342 | |
| Comment | https://dsalsrv04.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/burrow_query.py?page=342 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Kannada | |
| Language 2 | Tamil | |
| Lexeme 1 | paci, paccu, paccane | |
| Lexeme 2 | pacuppu | |
| Meaning 1 | yellowish colour | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | greenness | |
| Reference | DEDR: 342 | |
| Comment | It seems that green and yellow are merged in the vision of Dravidian languages: a lot of cognates list "green, greenish yellow, yellowish green, yellow, golden colour etc". | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Borrowing | |
| Language 1 | Latin | |
| Language 2 | Albanian | |
| Lexeme 1 | galbinus | |
| Lexeme 2 | gjelbër | |
| Meaning 1 | greenish-yellow | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | Orel 2000 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Borrowing | |
| Language 1 | Albanian | |
| Language 2 | Latin | |
| Lexeme 1 | verdhë | |
| Lexeme 2 | viridis | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | Orel 2000 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Sanskrit | |
| Lexeme | hári | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | MW: 1289 | |
| Comment | Vasilevič (ed.) 2007, 48 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | χλωρός | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | χεῦεν ὕπο χλωρὰς ῥῶπας καὶ κῶας ὕπερθεν (Odyssey 16,47) |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | ἠδὲ μέλι χλωρόν, παρὰ δ’ ἀλφίτου ἱεροῦ ἀκτήν (Iliad, 11, 631) |
| Reference | LSJ | |
| Comment | Vasilevič (ed.) 2007, 61 Also ἀμφὶ χλωρὰν ψάμαθον 'on the yellow sand, χλωρὸς λίθος 'emerald'' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language | Old Church Slavonic | |
| Lexeme 1 | жлътъ (žlŭtŭ) | |
| Lexeme 2 | зеленъ (zelenŭ) | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | De Vaan 2008 | |
| Comment | From Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- 'green, yellow'. Proto-Slavic *žьltъ from *ǵʰl̥h₃-tó-s. Proto-Slavic *zelènъ from *ǵʰelh₃-en-. Also Lithuanian žélti ‘to sprout’, žãlias ‘green’, žel̃vas ‘greenish’, geltonas 'yellow', Latvian zelt ‘to become green’, zaļš ‘green’, Old Prussian saligan ‘green’, Sanskrit hari ‘fallow, yellowish, greenish’, Ancient Greek χλωρός ‘pale green, greenish yellow’, Latin holus ‘vegetable; greens’, Proto-Germanic *gulþą ‘gold’, *gelwaz ‘yellow’, Proto-Slavic *zȏlto ‘gold’, Proto-Celtic *glastos ‘green, blue’ | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hruso | |
| Lexeme | dʒju | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | Sociolinguistic Research on Monpa | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Kalamian | |
| Lexeme | madulaw | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | Carling (ed.) 2017 | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Favorlang | |
| Lexeme | mkach | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | Carling (ed.) 2017 | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Jingpho (Kachin) | |
| Lexeme | sit | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Karok | |
| Lexeme | θúkinkuniš | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Waorani | |
| Lexeme | wĩyadæ̃ | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ayoreo | |
| Lexeme | 'sarẽ | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 18 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tindi | |
| Lexeme | ачуб | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 19 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Bulang (Blang) | |
| Lexeme | lhəŋ.51 | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 20 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Cia-Cia (Butonese) | |
| Lexeme | moid͡ʒo | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | LexiRumah 3.0.0 | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 21 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Warembori | |
| Lexeme | mamasi | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | LexiRumah 3.0.0 | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 22 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ainu | |
| Lexeme | siunin | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | NorthEuraLex | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 Hokkaido dialect | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 23 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Kaman (Miju) | |
| Lexeme | kɯ³¹lɑ̆uŋ³⁵ | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | Sūn 1991 | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 24 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Sulung | |
| Lexeme | a³³riɛ³³ | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | Sūn 1991 | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 25 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Keoru-Ahia | |
| Lexeme | kairu | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | TransNewGuinea.org | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 26 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Bogaya (Pogaya) | |
| Lexeme | kakala | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | TransNewGuinea.org | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 27 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Opao | |
| Lexeme | maea keiruka | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | TransNewGuinea.org | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 28 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Orokolo | |
| Lexeme | kairuka | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | TransNewGuinea.org | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 29 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tairuma | |
| Lexeme | maea porika | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | TransNewGuinea.org | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 30 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tangko | |
| Lexeme | ɸɑˈɾuX | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | TransNewGuinea.org | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| NEW Realization 31 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Selkup | |
| Lexeme | па́дэл | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | Consolidated Selkup | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 32 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Evenki | |
| Lexeme | авданнама | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | Boldyrev 2000: 1, 15 | |
| Comment | leaf color. From авданна 'leaf' | |