yellow
↔
gold
27 realizations
Multi-area
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 2376 | red | → | gold | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language 1 | Akkadian | |
| language 2 | Geez | |
| lexeme 1 | arḳu (warḳu) | |
| lexeme 2 | warḳ | |
| meaning 1 | yellow, green | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | gold | |
| reference | CAD: a 2, 300 CDG: 618 | |
| comment | Meaning B has been registered in Akkadian too, but it is marginal. | |
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language 1 | Akkadian | |
| language 2 | Amharic | |
| lexeme 1 | warāqum | |
| lexeme 2 | wärḳ (ወርቅ) | |
| meaning 1 | yellow | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | gold | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | The Amharic word was borrowed to Sidamo worqe 'gold' Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007), A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 32 |
|
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Alabama | |
| lexeme | laana | |
| meaning 1 | yellow | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | gold | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Chickasaw | |
| lexeme | lakna | |
| meaning 1 | yellow | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | gold | |
| reference | English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Classical Arabic | |
| lexeme 1 | أَصْفَرُ ʔaṣfar-u- | |
| lexeme 2 | صَفْرَاءُ ṣafrāʔ-u- | |
| meaning 1 | yellow | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | gold | |
| reference | BK: I 1347 | |
| comment | The word ṣafrāʔ- is a substantivized feminine adjective, lit. 'yellow', it is mainly used in poetic texts. | |
| NEW Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Croatian | |
| lexeme | žut | |
| meaning 1 | yellow | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | gold | |
| reference | HJP | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Crow | |
| lexeme 1 | shíile | |
| lexeme 2 | úuwatshiile | |
| meaning 1 | yellow | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | gold | |
| reference | Medicine Horse 1987: 83, 92 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Fataluku | |
| lexeme 1 | karase, karasu | |
| lexeme 2 | lavan-karasu | |
| meaning 1 | yellow | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | gold | |
| reference | Nácher 2012: 184, 196 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Guarani | |
| lexeme 1 | yu | |
| lexeme 2 | cuarepotiyú | |
| meaning 1 | yellow | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | gold | |
| reference | Jover Peralta, Osuna 1950: 45, 69 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Guarani | |
| lexeme 1 | sa'yju + ita | |
| lexeme 2 | itaju | |
| meaning 1 | yellow + stone | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | gold | |
| reference | Canese, Alcaraz 2016: 33, column 1 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Igbo | |
| lexeme 1 | edo | |
| lexeme 2 | öla edo | |
| meaning 1 | yellow | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | gold | |
| reference | Echeruo 2001: 139 | |
| comment | 'yellow bronze' |
|
| NEW Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Koasati | |
| lexeme 1 | lá:na | |
| lexeme 2 | toknawlá:na | |
| meaning 1 | yellow | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | gold | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | 'yellow money' Geoffrey D. Kimball; Bel Abbey; Martha John; Ruth Poncho Koasati Dictionary 1994 232 |
|
| NEW Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Internal cognates | |
| language | Latvian | |
| lexeme 1 | dzeltens | |
| lexeme 2 | zelts | |
| meaning 1 | yellow | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | gold | |
| reference | Tezaurs.lv LEV 1992 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mongondow | |
| lexeme | bulawan | |
| meaning 1 | yellow | |
| direction | ← | |
| meaning 2 | gold | |
| reference | ACD | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Nez Perce (Nimipuutímt) | |
| lexeme 1 | maqsmáqs | |
| lexeme 2 | maqsmáqs kícuy | |
| meaning 1 | yellow | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | gold | |
| reference | Aoki 1994: 223 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Old Tupian | |
| lexeme 1 | îub + itá | |
| lexeme 2 | itaîuba | |
| meaning 1 | yellow + metal | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | gold | |
| reference | Navarro 2013: 192, column 2 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 18 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language 1 | Pela (Bolo) | |
| language 2 | Burmese | |
| lexeme 1 | xui⁵⁵ | |
| lexeme 2 | hrwe (ရွှေ) | |
| meaning 1 | yellow | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | gold | |
| reference | Dai Qingxia 2007 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 19 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Romanian | |
| lexeme | galben | |
| meaning 1 | yellow | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | golden coin (hist) | |
| reference | DEX98 | |
| comment | DRRS 1, 897, DEX98 | |
| NEW Realization 20 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Sanskrit | |
| lexeme | kañcana (कञ्चन) | |
| meaning 1 | kind of yellow pigment | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | gold | |
| reference | MW | |
| comment | From Proto-Indo-European *kn̥h₂ónks 'golden, honey-colored'. Cognate with Ancient Greek κνηκός 'pale yellow', Latin canicae 'bran', Middle Welsh canecon 'gold' and Old English huniġ (English honey). |
|
| NEW Realization 21 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme | жут (žut) | |
| meaning 1 | yellow | жут восак, жута мајица yellow wax, yellow t-shirt |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | gold | жут дукат golden ducat |
| reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 376 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 22 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Sumerian | |
| lexeme 1 | sig₇ /sig/ | |
| lexeme 2 | kug/ku₃-sig₁₇ /kugsig, kusig/ | |
| meaning 1 | green, yellow | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | gold | |
| reference | ePSD2 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 23 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language 1 | Syriac | |
| language 2 | Akkadian | |
| lexeme 1 | ḥərāʕā, ḥarūʕā | |
| lexeme 2 | ḫurāṣu | |
| meaning 1 | yellow | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | gold | |
| reference | LSyr.: 257 CAD: ḫ 245 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 24 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language | Tae' | |
| lexeme 1 | pare bulaan | |
| lexeme 2 | bulaan | |
| meaning 1 | yellow | |
| direction | ← | |
| meaning 2 | gold | |
| reference | ACD | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 25 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tamil | |
| lexeme | piṅkalam | |
| meaning 1 | yellow, gold colour | |
| direction | ↔ | |
| meaning 2 | gold | |
| reference | Tamil lexicon: 2645 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 26 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Western Abenaki | |
| lexeme 1 | wizôw | |
| lexeme 2 | wizôwmôni | |
| meaning 1 | yellow | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | gold | |
| reference | Day 1994: 503 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 27 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Xishanba Lalo (Qingyun) | |
| lexeme | sjá | |
| meaning 1 | yellow | |
| direction | ← | |
| meaning 2 | gold | |
| reference | STEDT | |
| comment | ||