paint, dye (n.) colour 12 realizations Multi-area
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 4262)
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme ḳäläm
meaning 1 paint ḳäläm ḳäbba
to cover with paint, to paint
direction
meaning 2 colour, complexion ḳäläm kämrawi; samba ḳäläm
violet colour; dark red (lit. the colour of lung)
reference AED: 678-679
comment
NEW Realization 2 (ID: 51186)
type Polysemy
language Croatian
lexeme boja
meaning 1 paint, dye (n.)
direction
meaning 2 colour
reference HJP
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 3351)
type Polysemy
language Czech
lexeme barva
meaning 1 paint
direction
meaning 2 colour
reference Pavlovič 1976: 25
comment In Pol. barwa there is the same polysemy.
ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 11030)
type Polysemy
language Danish
lexeme farve
meaning 1 paint, dye (n.) pensler og farver
brushes and paint
direction
meaning 2 colour rød farve
red colour
reference DDO
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 4263)
type Polysemy
language German
lexeme Farbe
meaning 1 dye, paint Die Farbe blättert von den Wand.
The paint is peeling off the wall.
direction
meaning 2 colour Drei Hefte in den Farben Gelb, Rot und Orange.
Three notebooks: red, yellow and orange.
reference Duden: 1175
comment In the modern language meaning B is primary.
ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 11032)
type Polysemy
language Icelandic
lexeme litur
meaning 1 paint, dye (n.)
direction
meaning 2 colour liturinn á húsinu
the colour of a house
reference ISLEX
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 3141)
type Polysemy
language Lezgian
lexeme rang
meaning 1 paint, dye ранг авун 'to prepare tint'; 'to paint' (= to do paint)
а) приготовлять краску
meaning 2 colour аби ранг
blue color
reference
comment (LezgRus 272). The same in Tabassaran (TabRus 257), where meaning B goes first.
ACCEPTED Realization 8 (ID: 11029)
type Polysemy
language Norwegian
lexeme farge
meaning 1 paint, dye (n.) oljefarge
oil paint
direction
meaning 2 colour alle regnbuens farger
all the colours of the rainbow
reference BO
comment
NEW Realization 9 (ID: 42964)
type Polysemy
language Sanskrit
lexeme várṇa (वर्ण)
meaning 1 tint, dye, pigment
direction
meaning 2 colour
reference MW: 924
comment
NEW Realization 10 (ID: 51184)
type Polysemy
language Serbian
lexeme боја (boja)
meaning 1 paint, dye (n.)

обојити црвеном бојом


to paint red (with a red paint)

direction
meaning 2 colour

бела боја, жута боја, црна боја


white color, yellow color, black color

reference РСЈ: 99-100
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 11 (ID: 11031)
type Polysemy
language Swedish
lexeme färg
meaning 1 paint, dye (n.) han bredde på för tjockt med färg
he applied too much paint
direction
meaning 2 colour ljusa färger
light colours
reference SAO
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 12 (ID: 4110)
type Polysemy
language Turkmen
lexeme сыр
meaning 1 paint
meaning 2 colour
reference
comment ЭСТЯ 7, 409 (Turkm. Dial.).