yellow
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green
30 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Bagvalal | |
| Lexeme | ʕačub | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | БРС 171 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Borrowing | |
| Language 1 | Latin | |
| Language 2 | Albanian | |
| Lexeme 1 | viridis | |
| Lexeme 2 | verdhë | |
| Meaning 1 | green | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | yellow | |
| Reference | Orel 2000 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Sanskrit | |
| Lexeme | hári | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | MW: 1289 | |
| Comment | Vasilevič (ed.) 2007, 48 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language | Old 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hruso | |
| Lexeme | dʒju | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | Sociolinguistic Research on Monpa | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Kalamian | |
| Lexeme | madulaw | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | Carling (ed.) 2017 | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Favorlang | |
| Lexeme | mkach | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | Carling (ed.) 2017 | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Jingpho (Kachin) | |
| Lexeme | sit | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Karok | |
| Lexeme | θúkinkuniš | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Waorani | |
| Lexeme | wĩyadæ̃ | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ayoreo | |
| Lexeme | 'sarẽ | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tindi | |
| Lexeme | ачуб | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Bulang (Blang) | |
| Lexeme | lhəŋ.51 | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Warembori | |
| Lexeme | mamasi | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | LexiRumah 3.0.0 | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ainu | |
| Lexeme | siunin | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | NorthEuraLex | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 Hokkaido dialect | |
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Kaman (Miju) | |
| Lexeme | kɯ³¹lɑ̆uŋ³⁵ | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | Sūn 1991 | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Sulung | |
| Lexeme | a³³riɛ³³ | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | Sūn 1991 | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Keoru-Ahia | |
| Lexeme | kairu | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | TransNewGuinea.org | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Bogaya (Pogaya) | |
| Lexeme | kakala | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | TransNewGuinea.org | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Opao | |
| Lexeme | maea keiruka | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | TransNewGuinea.org | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Orokolo | |
| Lexeme | kairuka | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | TransNewGuinea.org | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tairuma | |
| Lexeme | maea porika | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | TransNewGuinea.org | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tangko | |
| Lexeme | ɸɑˈɾuX | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | TransNewGuinea.org | |
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| NEW Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Selkup | |
| Lexeme | па́дэл | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | Consolidated Selkup | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Evenki | |
| Lexeme | авданнама | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | Boldyrev 2000: 1, 15 | |
| Comment | leaf color. From авданна 'leaf' | |