yellow
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green
32 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ainu | |
| Lexeme | siunin | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | NorthEuraLex | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 Hokkaido dialect | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Syncretism | |
| Language | Akkadian | |
| Lexeme | warḳu | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | AHw. 1471 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ayoreo | |
| Lexeme | 'sarẽ | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Bagvalal | |
| Lexeme | ʕačub | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | БРС 171 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Bogaya (Pogaya) | |
| Lexeme | kakala | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | TransNewGuinea.org | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Bulang (Blang) | |
| Lexeme | lhəŋ.51 | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Cia-Cia (Butonese) | |
| Lexeme | moid͡ʒo | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | LexiRumah 3.0.0 | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| NEW Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Evenki | |
| Lexeme | авданнама | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | Boldyrev 2000: 1, 15 | |
| Comment | leaf color. From авданна 'leaf' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Favorlang | |
| Lexeme | mkach | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | Carling (ed.) 2017 | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hruso | |
| Lexeme | dʒju | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | Sociolinguistic Research on Monpa | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Jingpho (Kachin) | |
| Lexeme | sit | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Kalamian | |
| Lexeme | madulaw | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | Carling (ed.) 2017 | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Kaman (Miju) | |
| Lexeme | kɯ³¹lɑ̆uŋ³⁵ | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | Sūn 1991 | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Karok | |
| Lexeme | θúkinkuniš | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 18 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Keoru-Ahia | |
| Lexeme | kairu | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | TransNewGuinea.org | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 19 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Syncretism | |
| Language | Koryak | |
| Lexeme | нылэлэлпэяӄэн | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | КорРС 78 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 20 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 21 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 22 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Opao | |
| Lexeme | maea keiruka | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | TransNewGuinea.org | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 23 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Orokolo | |
| Lexeme | kairuka | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | TransNewGuinea.org | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 24 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Sanskrit | |
| Lexeme | hári | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | MW: 1289 | |
| Comment | Vasilevič (ed.) 2007, 48 | |
| NEW Realization 25 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Selkup | |
| Lexeme | па́дэл | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | Consolidated Selkup | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 26 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Sulung | |
| Lexeme | a³³riɛ³³ | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | Sūn 1991 | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 27 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tairuma | |
| Lexeme | maea porika | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | TransNewGuinea.org | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 28 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tangko | |
| Lexeme | ɸɑˈɾuX | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | TransNewGuinea.org | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 29 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 30 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tindi | |
| Lexeme | ачуб | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 31 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Waorani | |
| Lexeme | wĩyadæ̃ | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 32 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Warembori | |
| Lexeme | mamasi | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | LexiRumah 3.0.0 | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |