blue
→
eggplant (Solanum melongena)
2 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Romanian | |
Lexeme 1 | vânăt | |
Lexeme 2 | vânătă | |
Meaning 1 | dark blue (with reflexes violet) | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | eggplant (Solanum melongena) | |
Reference | MDA2 | |
Comment | Romanian vânăt from Latin venetus 'blue, blue-green' |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Russian | |
Lexeme | синенький | |
Meaning 1 | blue | синенькая тетрадка a blue notebook |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | eggplant (Solanum melongena) | «синенькие» с чесноком и майонезом eggplant with garlic and mayonnaise |
Reference | NRC | |
Comment | The meaning B is colloquial. |