water-melon (Cucurbita citrullus) melon (Cucumis melo) 9 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Derivation
Language French
Lexeme 1 melon d'eau
Lexeme 2 melon
Meaning 1 watermelon
Direction
Meaning 2 melon
Reference
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Fula
Lexeme foly'ere
Meaning 1 watermelon
Direction
Meaning 2 melon
Reference
Comment ФРФС 180
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Hungarian
Lexeme dinnye
Meaning 1 water-melon (Cucurbita citrullus)
Direction
Meaning 2 melon (Cucumis melo)
Reference Гальди 1974: 131
Comment The terms görögdinnye 'watermelon' and 'sárgadinnye' are used to distinguish between the two.
ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language Lezgian
Lexeme χali
Meaning 1 watermelon хъуьтIуьн хали
water melon (lit. winter's)
Meaning 2 melon гатун хали
melon (lit. the summer thing)
Reference
Comment (LezgRus 339).
ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Derivation
Language Mongolian (Khalkha)
Lexeme 1 šiygua
Lexeme 2 amtat gua
Meaning 1 watermelon
Direction
Meaning 2 melon
Reference
Comment Cf. амтат 'tasty'.
ACCEPTED Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language Romanian
Lexeme 1 pepene verde
Lexeme 2 pepene galbe
Meaning 1 watermelon
Direction
Meaning 2 melon
Reference DEX98
Comment DEX98
ACCEPTED Realization 7
Type Polysemy
Language Russian
Lexeme arbuz
Meaning 1 watermelon
Meaning 2 melon (dial.)
Reference
Comment СРНГ 1, 270
ACCEPTED Realization 8
Type Polysemy
Language Slovak
Lexeme 1 (žltá) dyňa
Lexeme 2 (červená) dyňa
Meaning 1 melon
Meaning 2 water melon
Reference
Comment along with the words melón 'melon' and melón vodový 'water melon'
ACCEPTED Realization 9
Type Borrowing
Language 1 Turkish
Language 2 Belarusan
Lexeme 1 kavun
Lexeme 2 кавун
Meaning 1 melon
Meaning 2 water melon
Reference
Comment Ucr. кавун, Pol. kawon 'melon'