gold
—
money
13 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
1985 | silver | ↔ | money | Open |
NEW Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Chinook Jargon | |
Lexeme 1 | pil dollar | |
Lexeme 2 | dolla | |
Meaning 1 | gold | |
Direction | ← | |
Meaning 2 | dollar, money | |
Reference | Gibbs 1863 | |
Comment | 'red money'. |
NEW Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Fataluku | |
Lexeme 1 | lavan-karasu | |
Lexeme 2 | lavanu, lavan | |
Meaning 1 | gold | |
Direction | ← | |
Meaning 2 | money | |
Reference | Nácher 2012: 196 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Cognates | |
Language 1 | Ilocano | |
Language 2 | Kankanabu | |
Lexeme 1 | balitók | |
Lexeme 2 | vanítuku | |
Meaning 1 | gold | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | money | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Also саароа vałitukug 'money', Tagal. balitók 'gold ore'. Сирк 2008, 162 |
NEW Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Koreguaje | |
Lexeme | kuri | |
Meaning 1 | gold | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | money | |
Reference | Cook & Gralow: 73 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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Type | Borrowing | |
Language 1 | Latin | |
Language 2 | Swedish | |
Lexeme 1 | aurum | |
Lexeme 2 | öre | |
Meaning 1 | gold | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | oere | |
Reference | ||
Comment | Via the word for the Roman coin aureus |
ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
Lexeme | jīn (金) | |
Meaning 1 | gold | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | money | |
Reference | BKRS | |
Comment |
NEW Realization 7 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Nez Perce (Nimipuutímt) | |
Lexeme | kícuy | |
Meaning 1 | gold | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | money | |
Reference | Aoki 1994: 223 | |
Comment |
NEW Realization 8 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | North Alaskan Inuit (Iñupiaq) | |
Lexeme 1 | manik kaviqsuaq | |
Lexeme 2 | manik | |
Meaning 1 | gold | |
Direction | ← | |
Meaning 2 | money | |
Reference | MacLean 2012: 286 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Polish | |
Lexeme | złoty | |
Meaning 1 | golden | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | zloty (currency unit of Poland) | |
Reference | ||
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tamil | |
Lexeme | iraṇiyam | |
Meaning 1 | gold | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | money, coin | |
Reference | Tamil lexicon: 311 | |
Comment | Borrowed from sanskrit "híraṇya" (Turner, 816), but Turner doesn't describe the meaning "money" |
NEW Realization 11 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Tundra Yukaghir | |
Lexeme | поҕодэ(ҥ) | |
Meaning 1 | gold | Тиндаа чаманэҥ тэт поҕодэ саҕаал моркиэл, таҥньэҥ мэ нугиэй? Once upon a time a big rumor spread that your gold was lost, was it found? |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | money | Мэт эл чавираа- нундьэҥ мэт поҕодэ-нэмэ ньидьаҕайдаҕанэ, синь поҕодэ мэ кэлуунуни, мэ йэдэйнуни When money and the like [things] run out, I do not grieve, because [anyway] money comes, appears. |
Reference | Kurilov 2001: 374-375, 406 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
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Type | Borrowing | |
Language 1 | Turkish | |
Language 2 | Russian | |
Lexeme 1 | altın | |
Lexeme 2 | altyn | |
Meaning 1 | gold | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | Old Russian currency unit (3 copecks) | |
Reference | ||
Comment |
NEW Realization 13 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Western Abenaki | |
Lexeme 1 | wizôwmôni | |
Lexeme 2 | môni | |
Meaning 1 | gold | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | money | |
Reference | Day 1994: 503 | |
Comment | 'yellow money' |