[Lexicog] Semantics

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Attached is a copy of my paper on collocations, esp
with reference to Arabic. I hope it is of benefit to
any.
A. Hafiz
 --- Fritz Goerling <Fritz_Goerling at sil.org> wrote:
> Here are some collocations, word formations and
> expressions  including
> "rainbow":
> Rainbow Coalition.
> Rainbow press ("Regenbogenpresse" in German) does
> not seem to exist in
> English. Possible equivalents: Yellow press, trashy
> press, tabloid press.
>       over the rainbow eccentric, weird, a bit off,
> spinny  Aunt Freda?
> She's been over the rainbow for years, poor lady.
>
>
> From the Internet:
>
>       rainbow n. rainbows < 'rAn"bO > : 1. An arc of
> colored light in the
> sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain.
> [ETYM: AS. regenboga,
> akin to German regenbogen. Related to Rain, and Bow
> anything bent.]
>
>       Expressions:
>
>       rainbow lorikeet n. : 1. A kind of lorikeet;
> SYN: Trichoglossus
> moluccanus.
>
>       rainbow runner n. : 1. Streamlined
> cigar-shaped jack; good game fish;
> SYN: Elagatis bipinnulata.
>
>       rainbow seaperch n. : 1. Pacific coast fish;
> SYN: rainbow perch,
> Hipsurus caryi.
>
>       rainbow shower n. : 1. Deciduous ornamental
> hybrid of southeastern
> Asia and Hawaii having racemes of flowers ranging in
> color from cream to
> orange and red; SYN: Cassia javonica.
>
>       rainbow smelt n. : 1. Important marine and
> landlocked food fish of
> eastern North America and Alaska; SYN: Osmerus
> mordax.
>
>       rainbow trout n. < 'rAn"bO tr[au]t > : 1.
> Flesh of pacific trout that
> migrate from salt to fresh water. 2. Found in
> Pacific coastal waters and
> streams from lower California to Alaska; SYN: Salmo
> gairdneri.
>
>       More results...
>       Rainbow n. : 1. Unincorporated community in
> California (USA),
> population 2006.
>
>       Expressions:
>
>       Rainbow City n. : 1. City in Alabama (USA),
> population 7673.
>
>       Rainbow Lakes n. : 1. Unincorporated community
> in Florida (USA),
> population 1496.
>
>
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> Fritz Goerling
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>   Dear Sir/Madam
>
>   I would be intesested in morphology with
> 'rainbow', 'rainbow
>   chaser', chase rainbows' and ' the Rainbow Nation'
>
>   Edward Law
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