| Language | Family | Form for MEAL | Gloss for MEAL | Form for DINNER (SUPPER) | Gloss for DINNER (SUPPER) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Greek | Indo-European | 'deipnon | meal (a) | 'deipnon | dinner |
| Spanish | Indo-European | comida | meal (a) | comida | dinner |
| Romanian | Indo-European | masă | meal (a) | masă | dinner |
| Irish | Indo-European | proinn | meal (a) | proinn | dinner |
| Irish | Indo-European | séire | meal (a) | séire | supper |
| Old High German | Indo-European | gouma | meal (a) | gouma | dinner |
| Old High German | Indo-European | tagamuos | meal (a) | taga-muos | dinner |
| Middle High German | Indo-European | ezzen | meal (a) | ezzen | dinner |
| Old Church Slavonic | Indo-European | obědŭ | meal (a) | obědŭ | dinner |
| Serbo-Croatian | Indo-European | objed | meal (a) | objed | dinner |
| Sanskrit | Indo-European | bhojana- | meal (a) | bhojana- | dinner |
| Hawaiian | Austronesian | pāʔina | meal (a) | pāʔina | dinner |
| Waorani | Waorani | kæ̃-gĩ | meal (a) | kæ̃-gĩ | dinner |
| Aymara | Aymaran | manḳˀa | meal (a) | manḳˀa | dinner |
| Ese Ejja (Huarayo) | Pano-Tacanan | bobi | meal (a) | bobi | dinner |
| Chiriguano | Tupian | karu | meal (a) | karu | dinner |
| Guaraní | Tupian | t-eᵐbiʔu | meal (a) | teᵐbiʔu | dinner |
| Lengua | Lengua-Mascoy | nin-to | meal (a) | nin-to | dinner |
| Chorote | Matacoan | -pen-ek | meal (a) | -pen-ek | dinner |
| Bagvalal | Nakh-Daghestanian | къанар | meal (a) | къанар | dinner |
| Budukh | Nakh-Daghestanian | хурак | meal (a) | хурак | dinner |
| Tabasaran (Northern dialect Khanag subdialect) | Nakh-Daghestanian | хураг | meal (a) | хураг | supper |
| Judeo-Tat | Indo-European | хурек | meal (a) | хурек | dinner |
| Otomi | Otomanguean | hñuni | the meal | hñuni | the dinner |
| Otomi | Otomanguean | nts’i | the meal | nts’i | the dinner |
| Q'eqchi' | Mayan | wa | the meal | wa | the dinner |
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