white
→
person of the Caucasian race
6 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Armenian | |
| lexeme 1 | spitak (սպիտակ) | |
| lexeme 2 | spitakamortʻ (սպիտակամորթ) | |
| meaning 1 | white | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Westerner | |
| reference | Galstjan 1984 | |
| comment | 'white-skinned' |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | white | |
| meaning 1 | bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | of or relating to Caucasians (people with white complexion and European ancestry) | |
| reference | ODE NBARS English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Finongan | |
| lexeme | faa | |
| meaning 1 | white | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | whire persson | |
| reference | Rice 2015: 50 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Indonesian | |
| lexeme 1 | putih | |
| lexeme 2 | orang kulit putih | |
| meaning 1 | white | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Caucasian; westerner | |
| reference | SEALang Indonesia | |
| comment | orang 'person' + kulit 'skin' + putih 'white', literally “white-skinned person” Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016. https://kbbi.kemdikbud.go.id/entri/orang%20kulit%20putih |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Kuyani (Adnyamathanha, Guyani) | |
| lexeme 1 | udnyu | |
| lexeme 2 | udnyu miru | |
| meaning 1 | white | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Westerner | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | 'white person' |
|
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Ngarrindjeri | |
| lexeme 1 | palpi | |
| lexeme 2 | palpanggi | |
| meaning 1 | white | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | non-Aboriginal person | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||