Meaning: dust

Illustrative Context

When the ground is dry, you kick up dust when you walk.

Target Sense

• The most generic noun for dust. Must be able to refer to the dust kicked up from dry earth, as in the illustrative context.
• In most languages the generic term will also be applicable more widely, including to the dust that gathers over time on surfaces within buildings. Do not, however, select a term specific only to such dust within buildings.
• Avoid terms that specifically mean ash. Only if a language has a single basic term that covers both ash and dust (e.g. Hittite, Ancient Greek, Old Irish) should the same lexeme be selected both here for ‘dust’ and for the distinct IE-CoR meaning ash. Likewise for the distinct IE-CoR meaning sand.