ashes
→
grey
10 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Albanian | |
| Lexeme 1 | hi | |
| Lexeme 2 | hirtë | |
| Meaning 1 | ashes | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | light grey | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Arabic | |
| Lexeme 1 | ramād (رَمَاد) | |
| Lexeme 2 | ramādiyy (رَمادِيّ) | |
| Meaning 1 | ashes | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | grey | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Hausa | |
| Lexeme 1 | toka | |
| Lexeme 2 | toka-toka | |
| Meaning 1 | ashes | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | gray | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Щеглов Ю. К. Очерк грамматики языка хауса. М., 1970 | |
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Itelmen | |
| Lexeme 1 | пиӈпиӈ | |
| Lexeme 2 | пиӈлаӽ | |
| Meaning 1 | ashes | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | grayish-brown ash color | |
| Reference | PIRS: 203 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Japanese | |
| Lexeme 1 | hai (灰) | |
| Lexeme 2 | haiiro (灰色) | |
| Meaning 1 | ashes | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | grey | |
| Reference | BJaRS Alpatov 2008 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Khmer | |
| Lexeme 1 | pheh (ផេះ) | |
| Lexeme 2 | prɑpheh (ប្រផេះ) | |
| Meaning 1 | ashes | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to be grey, ash-colored | |
| Reference | SEAlang Khmer | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Malayalam | |
| Lexeme | cāraṃ (ചാരം) | |
| Meaning 1 | ashes | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | grey | |
| Reference | Gundert Malayalam dictionary | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese | |
| Lexeme | huī (灰) | |
| Meaning 1 | ashes | yānhuī (煙灰) cigarette ash |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | grey | huīsè (灰色) grey colour |
| Reference | BKRS English Wiktionary | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Romanian | |
| Lexeme 1 | cenușă | |
| Lexeme 2 | cenușiu | |
| Meaning 1 | ashes | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | grey | |
| Reference | MDA2 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Internal cognates | |
| Language | Thai | |
| Lexeme 1 | tâo (เถ้า) | |
| Lexeme 2 | tao (เทา) | |
| Meaning 1 | ashes | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | grey | |
| Reference | SEAlang Thai | |
| Comment | ||
Cf. also Malak-Malak pundupulu 'grey head' from pundu 'head' + pulu 'ashes' (Lindsay 2017, 16)