Number of realizations
28
yellow
—
green
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Bagvalal | |
| Lexeme | ʕačub | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | ||
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | БРС 171 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Telugu | |
| Lexeme | pacca, paccana | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | DEDR page 342 | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | https://dsalsrv04.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/burrow_query.py?page=342 | |
| 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 page 342 | |
| Related Languages | ||
| 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". | |
| 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 | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | ||
| 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 | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Sanskrit | |
| Lexeme | hári | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | MW page 1289 | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | Vasilevič (ed.) 2007, 48 | |
| 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 | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | Vasilevič (ed.) 2007, 61 Also ἀμφὶ χλωρὰν ψάμαθον 'on the yellow sand, χλωρὸς λίθος 'emerald'' | |
| 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 | |
| Related Languages | ||
| 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’ | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hruso | |
| Lexeme | dʒju | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | Sociolinguistic Research on Monpa | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Kalamian | |
| Lexeme | madulaw | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | Carling (ed.) 2017 | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Favorlang | |
| Lexeme | mkach | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | Carling (ed.) 2017 | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Jingpho (Kachin) | |
| Lexeme | sit | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Karok | |
| Lexeme | θúkinkuniš | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Waorani | |
| Lexeme | wĩyadæ̃ | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ayoreo | |
| Lexeme | 'sarẽ | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tindi | |
| Lexeme | ачуб | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Bulang (Blang) | |
| Lexeme | lhəŋ.51 | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | IDS | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Cia-Cia (Butonese) | |
| Lexeme | moid͡ʒo | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | LexiRumah 3.0.0 | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Warembori | |
| Lexeme | mamasi | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | LexiRumah 3.0.0 | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ainu | |
| Lexeme | siunin | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | NorthEuraLex | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | CLICS-3 Hokkaido dialect | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Kaman (Miju) | |
| Lexeme | kɯ³¹lɑ̆uŋ³⁵ | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | Sūn 1991 | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Sulung | |
| Lexeme | a³³riɛ³³ | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | Sūn 1991 | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Keoru-Ahia | |
| Lexeme | kairu | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | TransNewGuinea.org | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Bogaya (Pogaya) | |
| Lexeme | kakala | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | TransNewGuinea.org | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Opao | |
| Lexeme | maea keiruka | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | TransNewGuinea.org | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Orokolo | |
| Lexeme | kairuka | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | TransNewGuinea.org | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tairuma | |
| Lexeme | maea porika | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | TransNewGuinea.org | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tangko | |
| Lexeme | ɸɑˈɾuX | |
| Meaning 1 | yellow | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | green | |
| Reference | TransNewGuinea.org | |
| Related Languages | ||
| Comment | CLICS-3 | |