colour
→
caste
8 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Indonesian | |
| lexeme | warna | |
| meaning 1 | colour | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (archaic) social class | |
| reference | SEALang Indonesia | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Kawi (Old Javanese) | |
| lexeme | warṇa | |
| meaning 1 | colour | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | caste | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982. |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Khmer | |
| lexeme | pɔə (ពណ៌) | |
| meaning 1 | colour | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | class, group, race | |
| reference | SEAlang Khmer | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Malay | |
| lexeme | warna | |
| meaning 1 | colour | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (archaic) social class | |
| reference | SEALang Malay | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Sanskrit | |
| lexeme | várṇa (वर्ण) | |
| meaning 1 | colour | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | one of the four principal classes described in Manu's cose, Brahmins. Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, Shudras | |
| reference | MW: 924 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tamil | |
| lexeme | varuṇam | |
| meaning 1 | colour | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | caste | |
| reference | Tamil lexicon: 3521 | |
| comment | Meaning 2: "The four-fold caste of the Hindus, viz., pirāmaṇaṉ, kṣattiriyaṉ, vaiciyaṉ, cūttiraṉ"" | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Telugu | |
| lexeme | varṇamu (వర్ణము) | |
| meaning 1 | colour | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | caste, class, tribe, race | |
| reference | Brown Telugu dictionary: 1134 | |
| comment | Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati https://andhrabharati.com/dictionary/index.php?w=%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A3%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%81&ls=a |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Thai | |
| lexeme | wan (วรรณ) | |
| meaning 1 | colour | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | caste | |
| reference | SEAlang Thai | |
| comment | ||