cloud sky 124 realizations Global
NEW Realization 1 (ID: 43811)
type Polysemy
language 'Āre'āre
lexeme uru
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 102
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 30409)
type Polysemy
language Adang
lexeme laːb
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference LexiRumah 3.0.0 Robinson, Holton 2012
comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 3 (ID: 50843)
type Internal cognates
language Ainu
lexeme nis (ニㇱ)
meaning 1 (Hokkaido, Kuril, South Kuril) cloud
direction
meaning 2 (Sakhalin) sky
reference English Wiktionary
comment

服部四郎・知里真志保 (Shirō Hattori & Mashiho Chiri) (1960), 『アイヌ語諸方言の基礎語彙統計学的研究』「民族學研究」 (Ainu Go Shohōgen No Kiso Goi Tōkeigaku Teki Kenkyū, “A Lexicostatistic Study on the Ainu Dialects”)‎, Japan: 日本文化人類学会 (“Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology”) https://doi.org/10.14890/minkennewseries.24.4_307 

単語リスト(アイヌ語・日本語)―石狩川― (Tango List Ainu-go Nihon-go - Ishikari River, “Word List (Ainu / Japanese) - Ishikari River”)‎, Sapporo, Hokkaidō: 公益財団法人アイヌ文化振興・研究推進機構 (Zaidan Hōjin Ainu Bunka Shinkō / Kenkyū Suishin Kikō, “Foundation for the Advancement, Research, and Promotion of Ainu Culture”), 2014 (Hokkaido) https://www.ff-ainu.or.jp/web/potal_site/files/ishikari_tango.pdf 

単語リスト(アイヌ語・日本語)―カラフト― (Tango List Ainu-go Nihon-go - Karafuto, “Word List (Ainu / Japanese) - Karafuto River”)‎, Sapporo, Hokkaidō: 公益財団法人アイヌ文化振興・研究推進機構 (Zaidan Hōjin Ainu Bunka Shinkō / Kenkyū Suishin Kikō, “Foundation for the Advancement, Research, and Promotion of Ainu Culture”), 2014 (Sakhalin) https://www.ff-ainu.or.jp/web/potal_site/files/karahuto_tango.pdf 

北海氣象瑣談」『氣象集誌』 第1輯 第11–13巻 (Hokkai Kishō Sadan, “Hokkai Weather Trivial Talk”), Hokkaidō: 水科七三郎 (Mizushina Shichisaburō), 1893 (Kuril) https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/jmsj1882/-char/ja 

Anna Bugaeva and Tomomi Satō (2021), A Kuril Ainu Glossary by Captain V. M. Golovnin (1811)‎, Tokyo: International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics (Kuril) https://doi.org/10.1163/25898833-00320002 

NEW Realization 4 (ID: 50826)
type Polysemy
language Akolet
lexeme watlo
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference CLICS-4 Greenhill et al. 2008
comment
NEW Realization 5 (ID: 50844)
type Derivation
language Aleut
lexeme 1 inkamiiĝux̂
lexeme 2 inkax̂
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Bergsland 1994: 202
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 30410)
type Polysemy
language Alorese
lexeme kɔfa
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference LexiRumah 3.0.0
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 36114)
type Polysemy
language Amako (Korak)
lexeme taita
meaning 1 sky
direction
meaning 2 cloud
reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 8 (ID: 36125)
type Polysemy
language Amele
lexeme sa:w
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 9 (ID: 36126)
type Polysemy
language Amundava (Amondava)
lexeme ywaka
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Carling (ed.) 2017
comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 10 (ID: 50819)
type Polysemy
language Avok
lexeme mæroŋ
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference CLICS-4 Vanuatu Voices
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 11 (ID: 36127)
type Polysemy
language Baimak
lexeme ʌ:b
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 12 (ID: 50808)
type Polysemy
language Bamana
lexeme kàbá
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Vydrin Comparative Mande
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 13 (ID: 36109)
type Polysemy
language Bezhta
lexeme гьас
meaning 1 sky
direction
meaning 2 cloud
reference World Loanword Database IDS
comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 14 (ID: 50824)
type Polysemy
language Big Nambas (V’ënen Taute)
lexeme pɛkmarɛn
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference CLICS-4 Vanuatu Voices
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 15 (ID: 36128)
type Polysemy
language Binandere
lexeme utu
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference TransNewGuinea.org
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 16 (ID: 30415)
type Polysemy
language Biritai
lexeme ai^
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference TransNewGuinea.org
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 17 (ID: 36129)
type Polysemy
language Birrpayi
lexeme bourra
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Bowern, Atkinson 2012
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 18 (ID: 26288)
type Polysemy
language Chuvash
lexeme пӗлӗт
meaning 1 cloud

хĕвел пĕлĕт хыçне пулчĕ


The sun hid behind a cloud

direction
meaning 2 sky

пĕлĕтре планер ярăнса пырать


A glider flies in the sky

reference Электронлă сăмахсар
comment

from Proto-Turkic *bulït 'cloud' ESTJa 2, 262-264

ACCEPTED Realization 19 (ID: 30416)
type Polysemy
language Dedua
lexeme kurumeŋ
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference TransNewGuinea.org
comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 20 (ID: 50818)
type Polysemy
language Drubea (Ndrumbea, Dumbea)
lexeme kwa
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Greenhill et al. 2008 CLICS-4
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 21 (ID: 30404)
type Polysemy
language Eastern Wichí
lexeme pe'leʔ
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference IDS
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 22 (ID: 36131)
type Polysemy
language Embu (Kîembu)
lexeme Itu
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Nurse, Philippson 1975
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 23 (ID: 36132)
type Polysemy
language Garus (Ate)
lexeme sep
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 24 (ID: 30420)
type Polysemy
language Gela (Nggela)
lexeme parakɔ
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Tryon, Hackman 1983
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 25 (ID: 36148)
type Polysemy
language Gela (Nggela)
lexeme parakɔ
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Tryon, Hackman 1983
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 26 (ID: 30406)
type Polysemy
language Ginukh
lexeme ас
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference IDS
comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 27 (ID: 50838)
type Polysemy
language Gujarati
lexeme ābha (આભ)
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference English Wiktionary
comment

Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009 https://www.gujaratilexicon.com/dictionary/gujarati-to-english-translation/%E0%AA%86%E0%AA%AD

From Sanskrit

NEW Realization 28 (ID: 50839)
type Polysemy
language Gujarati
lexeme ābhlũ (આભલું)
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference English Wiktionary
comment

From Prakrit

NEW Realization 29 (ID: 50840)
type Polysemy
language Gujarati
lexeme vādaḷ (વાદળ)
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference English Wiktionary
comment

Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009. https://www.gujaratilexicon.com/dictionary/gujarati-to-english-translation/%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%A6%E0%AA%B3

NEW Realization 30 (ID: 50847)
type Polysemy
language Higaonon
lexeme gabon
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference English Wiktionary
comment
NEW Realization 31 (ID: 50841)
type Polysemy
language Hindi
lexeme abhra (अभ्र)
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference McGregor 1993: 50
comment

Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”], Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 285 https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/dasa-hindi_query.py?qs=%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0&searchhws=yes&matchtype=exact 
Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 40 https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/caturvedi_query.py?qs=%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AD%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0&searchhws=yes&matchtype=exact 

ACCEPTED Realization 32 (ID: 30407)
type Polysemy
language Hunzib
lexeme гьас
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference IDS
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 33 (ID: 36133)
type Polysemy
language Ikizu
lexeme risaro
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Nurse, Philippson 1975
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 34 (ID: 36134)
type Polysemy
language Inanwatan (Suabo)
lexeme saˈrido
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference LexiRumah 3.0.0
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 35 (ID: 30408)
type Polysemy
language Inkhokvari
lexeme ас
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference IDS
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 36 (ID: 36135)
type Polysemy
language Isebe
lexeme hʌb
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 37 (ID: 50812)
type Derivation
language Itbayaten
lexeme 1 remdem
lexeme 2 ka-remdem-an
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 38 (ID: 50845)
type Polysemy
language Japanese
lexeme kumo (雲)
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 (by extension) sky
reference English Wiktionary
comment

Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)], Tōkyō: Shogakukan,
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin], Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō,

NEW Realization 39 (ID: 50813)
type Derivation
language Javanese
lexeme 1 awaŋ
lexeme 2 awaŋ-awaŋ
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference ACD
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 40 (ID: 36136)
type Polysemy
language Kamba (Bantu language)
lexeme Itu
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Nurse, Philippson 1975
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 41 (ID: 36137)
type Polysemy
language Kasharari (Kaxararí)
lexeme neitxi
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Carling (ed.) 2017
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 42 (ID: 36138)
type Polysemy
language Kemak (Ema)
lexeme taho
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference LexiRumah 3.0.0
comment

Kailaku and Saneri varieties

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 43 (ID: 36139)
type Polysemy
language Kemak (Ema)
lexeme lohaŋ
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference LexiRumah 3.0.0
comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 44 (ID: 50827)
type Polysemy
language Kerepua
lexeme t͡ʃot͡ʃo
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference CLICS-4 Vanuatu Voices
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 45 (ID: 643)
type Polysemy
language Khmer
lexeme sothẹə-senthuʔ
meaning 1 sky
direction
meaning 2 clouds
reference
comment Gorgoniev 1984, 716
ACCEPTED Realization 46 (ID: 9811)
type Polysemy
language Khmer
lexeme sya:m
meaning 1 sky
direction
meaning 2 cloud
reference
comment Gorgoniev 1984, 762
ACCEPTED Realization 47 (ID: 25734)
type Polysemy
language Khmer
lexeme meik, meikʰeaʔ- (មេឃ)
meaning 1 sky
direction
meaning 2 cloud
reference SEAlang Khmer
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 48 (ID: 30405)
type Polysemy
language Khwarshi
lexeme ас
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference IDS
comment

Kwantlada dialect

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 49 (ID: 50820)
type Polysemy
language Kilivila
lexeme lowalowa
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Greenhill et al. 2008 CLICS-4
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 50 (ID: 36116)
type Polysemy
language Kokoda
lexeme amanaia
meaning 1 sky
direction
meaning 2 cloud
reference LexiRumah 3.0.0
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 51 (ID: 39116)
type Internal cognates
language Komi-Permyak
lexeme кымӧр
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 (Northern dialect) sky
reference <personally collected data>
comment

https://dict.fu-lab.ru/term?tid=1307255

NEW Realization 52 (ID: 50834)
type Polysemy
language Kove
lexeme vuvuhi
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Greenhill et al. 2008 CLICS-4
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 53 (ID: 36141)
type Polysemy
language Kowaki
lexeme haura
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 54 (ID: 50833)
type Polysemy
language Kumak
lexeme dan
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Greenhill et al. 2008 CLICS-4
comment

Nêlêmwa

ACCEPTED Realization 55 (ID: 36142)
type Polysemy
language Kutu
lexeme ulanga
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Nurse, Philippson 1975
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 56 (ID: 36143)
type Polysemy
language Kwaio
lexeme lalo
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Tryon, Hackman 1983
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 57 (ID: 26287)
type Semantic evolution
language Latvian
lexeme debess
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 (archaic) sky
reference English Wiktionary Derksen 2008: 347-348
comment

Although the singular forms still exist, the plural forms (Nom. Pl. debesis, etc.) are much more frequently used in all senses.

Cognates include Lithuanian debesis 'sky', Latgalian debess 'sky', Proto-Slavic *nebò 'sky, heaven' and Ancient Greek νέφος 'cloud'.

ACCEPTED Realization 58 (ID: 36144)
type Polysemy
language Lavukaleve
lexeme totoās
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference TransNewGuinea.org Tryon, Hackman 1983
comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 59 (ID: 50817)
type Polysemy
language Letemboi (Nombotkote)
lexeme na-mʷap
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference CLICS-3 Vanuatu Voices
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 60 (ID: 36115)
type Polysemy
language Mailu
lexeme nogara
meaning 1 sky
direction
meaning 2 cloud
reference TransNewGuinea.org
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 61 (ID: 36146)
type Polysemy
language Male (Papuan)
lexeme laŋ
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 62 (ID: 50830)
type Polysemy
language Malua Bay
lexeme ᵐbɛkɪnlʊn
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Vanuatu Voices CLICS-4
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 63 (ID: 36130)
type Polysemy
language Mambae (Mambai)
lexeme lɛol_lau
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference LexiRumah 3.0.0
comment

Central Mambae, Aileu Vila

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 64 (ID: 50832)
type Polysemy
language Mambae (Mambai)
lexeme lɛol_lau
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference CLICS-3
comment

Central Mambae, Aileu Vila

ACCEPTED Realization 65 (ID: 36145)
type Polysemy
language Manep (Malas, Simbukanam)
lexeme geit
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 66 (ID: 50809)
type Polysemy
language Maninka
lexeme kàbá
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Vydrin Comparative Mande
comment

Maninka-Mori

NEW Realization 67 (ID: 50810)
type Polysemy
language Marka-Dafing
lexeme kábá
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Vydrin Comparative Mande
comment
NEW Realization 68 (ID: 50811)
type Polysemy
language Marka-Dafing
lexeme sà̰
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Vydrin Comparative Mande
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 69 (ID: 36147)
type Polysemy
language Matumbi (Kimatumbi)
lexeme lyunde
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Nurse, Philippson 1975
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 70 (ID: 36152)
type Polysemy
language Mauwake (Ulingan)
lexeme aperka
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 71 (ID: 36153)
type Polysemy
language Mawan
lexeme rom
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 72 (ID: 50814)
type Cognates
language 1 Melanau (Mukah)
language 2 Mansaka
lexeme 1 awan
lexeme 2 awan-an
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference ACD
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 73 (ID: 9841)
type Polysemy
language Middle English
lexeme ski, skie, sky
meaning 1 cloud


direction
meaning 2 sky
reference DDO OED
comment

Viddle English 'firmament, heavens, sky; cloud; cloud of mist or vapour; fog, mist; (astrology) certain configuration of the heavens; (astronomy) sphere of the celestial realm; (physiology) cloudiness, smoky residue (for example, in urine)' from Old Norse ský 'cloud', from Proto-Germanic *skiwją 'cloud; sky', from *skiwô 'cloud; cloud cover, haze; sky' (whence Old English sċēo 'cloud' and Middle English skew 'air; sky; (rare) cloud'), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- 'to cover; to conceal, hide'. Compare Danish sky 'cloud' (grå skyer 'grey clouds')

NEW Realization 74 (ID: 50831)
type Polysemy
language Moken
lexeme kəniəŋ
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Greenhill et al. 2008 CLICS-4
comment
NEW Realization 75 (ID: 50807)
type Polysemy
language Mwotlap
lexeme mēlēg
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 76 (ID: 50816)
type Polysemy
language Nasarian
lexeme ha-map˺
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference CLICS-3
comment

Lana Takau, Tom Fitzpatrick, Mary Walworth, Aviva Shimelman, Sandrine Bessis, Tom Ennever, Iveth Rodriguez, Hans-Jörg Bibiko, Daria Dërmaku, Murray Garde, Marie-France Duhamel, Giovanni Abete, Laura Wägerle, Kaitip W. Kami, Tihomir Rangelov, & Russell Gray. (2025). Vanuatu Voices (v1.4.1) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4309140

NEW Realization 77 (ID: 50823)
type Polysemy
language Nehan (Nissan)
lexeme langit
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference CLICS-4 Greenhill et al. 2008
comment

Nehan Hape

NEW Realization 78 (ID: 50822)
type Polysemy
language Nengone
lexeme awè
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference CLICS-4 Greenhill et al. 2008
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 79 (ID: 36154)
type Polysemy
language Ngoni
lexeme lihundi
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Nurse, Philippson 1975
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 80 (ID: 30413)
type Polysemy
language Ngoreme (Ngurimi)
lexeme risaro
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Nurse, Philippson 1975
comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 81 (ID: 50842)
type Borrowing
language 1 Norwegian
language 2 English
lexeme sky
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference BO
comment

Bokmål and Nynorsk

NEW Realization 82 (ID: 50825)
type Polysemy
language Nulnesa (Tasiko)
lexeme snapɛn
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference CLICS-4 Vanuatu Voices
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 83 (ID: 36140)
type Polysemy
language Nyamwezi
lexeme lùùndɛ̀
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Greenhill, Gray 2015
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 84 (ID: 36156)
type Polysemy
language Nyaturu (Nyaturucha)
lexeme irunde
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Nurse, Philippson 1975
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 85 (ID: 2830)
type Polysemy
language Old English
lexeme wolcn
meaning 1 cloud

Næs þā nān wolcn on þǣre lyfte.


There wasn't a cloud in the sky.

direction
meaning 2 (in the plural) the sky, the heavens

Þā wolcnu sweartodon.


The skies darkened.

reference OED MED
comment

Modern English welkin 'sky',  Middle English welken, welkne, wolkne 'cloud; sky; heavens; (astronomy) cosmic elementary, planetary, or celestial sphere; all the spheres beyond the elementary region, including the primum mobile', from Proto-West Germanic *wolkn 'cloud' (Anglo-Frisian Germanic), from Proto-Germanic *wulkaną 'cloud' [and other forms], from Proto-Indo-European *welg- 'damp; wet'.

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 127

NEW Realization 86 (ID: 50846)
type Derivation
language Old Norse
lexeme ský
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 (in the plural) sky
reference English Wiktionary
comment
NEW Realization 87 (ID: 50837)
type Polysemy
language Pali
lexeme abbha
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference English Wiktionary
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 88 (ID: 36157)
type Polysemy
language Panim
lexeme hau
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference TransNewGuinea.org
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 89 (ID: 36158)
type Polysemy
language Puragi (Iwaro)
lexeme maˈninɔ
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference LexiRumah 3.0.0
comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 90 (ID: 50835)
type Polysemy
language Ramoaaina
lexeme bakut
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference CLICS-4 Greenhill et al. 2008
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 91 (ID: 30403)
type Polysemy
language Rapanui
lexeme raŋi
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference IDS
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 92 (ID: 36159)
type Polysemy
language Rempi
lexeme sap
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 93 (ID: 36160)
type Polysemy
language Samosa
lexeme tʌːgu
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 94 (ID: 50836)
type Polysemy
language Sanskrit
lexeme abhrá (अ॒भ्र)
meaning 1 cloud, thunder-cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky, atmosphere
reference MW: 79
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 95 (ID: 30398)
type Polysemy
language Siraya
lexeme vullum
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Carling (ed.) 2017
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 96 (ID: 36162)
type Polysemy
language Siraya
lexeme vullum
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Carling (ed.) 2017
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 97 (ID: 30414)
type Polysemy
language Sizaki (Shashi)
lexeme erisaru
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Nurse, Philippson 1975
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 98 (ID: 30417)
type Polysemy
language Suena
lexeme utu
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference TransNewGuinea.org
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 99 (ID: 36150)
type Polysemy
language Suena
lexeme utu
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference TransNewGuinea.org
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 100 (ID: 36163)
type Polysemy
language Sumbwa
lexeme ilunde
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Nurse, Philippson 1975
comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 101 (ID: 50821)
type Polysemy
language Sursurunga
lexeme bət
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Greenhill et al. 2008 CLICS-4
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 102 (ID: 12010)
type Polysemy
language Swedish
lexeme sky
meaning 1 sky

högt upp i skyn


high up in the sky

direction
meaning 2 cloud

lätta skyar


light clouds

reference Sakhno 2001: 177 SAOB English Wiktionary
comment The word sky in somewhat ambiguously referring to clouds in certain expressions, often in the plural. Native speakers are likely to think "sky" rather than "cloud" and unconsciously process the plural as idiomatic. The usual modern word for cloud is moln.
NEW Realization 103 (ID: 50828)
type Polysemy
language Taiof
lexeme koro
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Greenhill et al. 2008 CLICS-4
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 104 (ID: 30412)
type Polysemy
language Tangsa
lexeme rong
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Marrison 1967
comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 105 (ID: 50829)
type Polysemy
language Tirax
lexeme ⁿdakran
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Vanuatu Voices CLICS-4
comment

Orap

ACCEPTED Realization 106 (ID: 30402)
type Polysemy
language Tlingit
lexeme góosˀ
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference IDS
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 107 (ID: 30401)
type Polysemy
language Tsez
lexeme ас
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference IDS
comment

Mokok dialect

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 108 (ID: 36149)
type Polysemy
language Tugun
lexeme natas
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference LexiRumah 3.0.0
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 109 (ID: 36164)
type Polysemy
language Upper Chehalis
lexeme ɬt-
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference IDS
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 110 (ID: 36165)
type Polysemy
language Uya (Usu)
lexeme hʌb
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
comment

CLICS-3

NEW Realization 111 (ID: 50815)
type Polysemy
language Vitu (Witu, Muduapa)
lexeme mariaba
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Greenhill et al. 2008 CLICS-4
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 112 (ID: 36124)
type Polysemy
language Wagi
lexeme sʌᵬ
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 113 (ID: 36123)
type Polysemy
language Wanambre (Mokati)
lexeme kaura
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 114 (ID: 36122)
type Polysemy
language Warrgamay
lexeme dyura
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Bowern, Atkinson 2012
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 115 (ID: 30418)
type Polysemy
language Waskia
lexeme taiti
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 116 (ID: 30396)
type Polysemy
language Wathawurrung
lexeme wurr-wurr
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Bowern, Atkinson 2012
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 117 (ID: 30399)
type Polysemy
language Wayuu (Guajiro)
lexeme sirúma
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Huber, Reed 1992
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 118 (ID: 36119)
type Polysemy
language Wersing (Kolana)
lexeme ajaˈkɛŋ
meaning 1 sky
direction
meaning 2 cloud
reference LexiRumah 3.0.0
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 119 (ID: 30411)
type Polysemy
language Wetarese (Ili'uun)
lexeme nata
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference LexiRumah 3.0.0
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 120 (ID: 36121)
type Polysemy
language Wik-Mungkan
lexeme yuw
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Bowern, Atkinson 2012
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 121 (ID: 30419)
type Polysemy
language Yaqay
lexeme teˈmɛʔ
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference TransNewGuinea.org
comment

Wairu dialect

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 122 (ID: 36120)
type Polysemy
language Yoidik
lexeme sap
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference TransNewGuinea.org Z'graggen 1980
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 123 (ID: 30397)
type Polysemy
language Yorta Yorta
lexeme yurratha
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 sky
reference Bowern, Atkinson 2012
comment

CLICS-3

ACCEPTED Realization 124 (ID: 36161)
type Derivation
language Zulu
lexeme ifu
meaning 1 cloud
direction
meaning 2 (in the plural) sky
reference Луцков А.Д. Зулу-Русский словарь 2014
comment C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), Zulu-English Dictionary