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Re: What counts as a basic color word?

From:David Barrow <davidab@...>
Date:Friday, April 4, 2003, 21:02
Danny Wier wrote:

> From: "João Ricardo Oliveira" <hokstein@...> > > > Only in Germanic languages, though. Portuguese has "vermelho" for "red" > and > > "amarelo" for "yellow", for instance, both basic colours. And we have no > > problem forming words from them: "amarelar", "amarelado", "avermelhado", > > "vermelhecer"... > > Is there a Spanish word _*vermillo, -a_, or just _rojo, -a_? Since there's > an Amarillo, Texas, where's Vermillio? East Texas with all the red dirt? > (Severe OT-ness.)
bermellón or bermillón rojo is the usual word for red David Barrow

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