to search, look for
→
to try, to attempt
20 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | ζητέω | |
| Meaning 1 | to seek, search after, look for | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to strive for, desire, wish | οὐκ ἔτι ἐζήτησαν τό προσωτέρω τῆς Ἑλλάδος ἀπικόμενοι ἐκμαθέειν (Persians) no longer tried to get deeper into Greece for reconnaissance |
| Reference | LSJ: 756 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Danish | |
| Lexeme | søge | |
| Meaning 1 | to search, to look for | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to try, to attempt | søge at hindre to try to hinder |
| Reference | DDO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Estonian | |
| Lexeme | ot'sima | |
| Meaning 1 | look for | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | try | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Haser 2000, 182 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | chercher | |
| Meaning 1 | to search, to look for | chercher une facture égarée to look for a lost bill |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to try, to attempt | chercher à séduire quelqu'un to try to seduce someone |
| Reference | Larousse online | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Geez | |
| Lexeme | ḫaśaśa | |
| Meaning 1 | seek, look for | taḫaśśəśomu wa-ʔi-tərakkəbomu (Jes. 41:12) She is looking for them and she does not find them |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | study, pursue diligently, desire, wish | ʔi-təḫśəś tāʔmər (Herm. p.) do not try to know, do not strive for knowing (LLA 585) |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Haser 2000, 182; LGz. 266 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Borrowing | |
| Language 1 | Hausa | |
| Language 2 | Haddiya | |
| Lexeme 1 | biδa | |
| Lexeme 2 | bu'n | |
| Meaning 1 | seek | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | taste, try | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Haser 2000, 182 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hungarian | |
| Lexeme | keres | |
| Meaning 1 | look for something, seek something | a tettest keresni to search for the criminal |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | demand (something from someone) | rajtam keresi az elveszett könyvet he demands the lost book of me |
| Reference | Гальди 1974: 362 | |
| Comment | Haser 2000, 182 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hupa | |
| Lexeme | wûn- | |
| Meaning 1 | pursue or seek something | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | attempt something by persistent effort | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Haser 2000, 182 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Indonesian | |
| Lexeme | mencari | |
| Meaning 1 | look for | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | try for | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Haser 2000, 182 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Italian | |
| Lexeme | cercare | |
| Meaning 1 | to look for | |
| Meaning 2 | to try | cerca di fare presto Try to finish as soon as possible |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Transitive in meaning А, in meaning B the case making is - |
|
| NEW Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Itelmen | |
| Lexeme | энхтзос | |
| Meaning 1 | to search, look for | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to try, to attempt | |
| Reference | PIRS: 73-74, 337 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Khmer | |
| Lexeme | rɔ:k | |
| Meaning 1 | look for | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | try | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Haser 2000, 182 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Korean | |
| Lexeme | kwu hata | |
| Meaning 1 | looks for, seeks | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | tries | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Haser 2000, 182 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Modern Greek | |
| Lexeme | γυρεύω | |
| Meaning 1 | to look for, to seek | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to try, to make efforts | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Хориков, Малев: 231 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Norwegian | |
| Lexeme | søke | |
| Meaning 1 | to search, to look for | søker De noen her? are you looking for someone here? |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to try, to attempt | boka søker å gi en framstilling av livet i storbyslummen the book tries to represent life in the slums of a big city |
| Reference | BO | |
| Comment | ||
| SUSPENDED Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Sumerian | |
| Lexeme | kíĝ | |
| Meaning 1 | to look for | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to aim at, attempt something | |
| Reference | Haser 2000: 182 | |
| Comment | Cf. Attinger, 2021 p. 508; Thomsen, Mes. 10, 309 "to seek"; Krecher, 1978d p.51: "Die Grundbedeutung ist 'eine Sache angehen, eine Person (mit Rücksicht auf eine Sache) in Anspruch nehmen’" (i.e. "to tackle a thing, to claim a person (with regard to a thing)"). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swedish | |
| Lexeme | söka | |
| Meaning 1 | to search, to look for | han sökte efter boken i bokhyllan he was looking for the book in the bookcase |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to try, to attempt | hon sökte vinna hans tillit she tried to earn his confidence |
| Reference | SAO | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 18 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tamil | |
| Lexeme | tēṭu | |
| Meaning 1 | seek, search for | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | inquire after, try (as to do a thing) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Haser 2000, 182 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 19 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Udmurt | |
| Lexeme | утчаны | |
| Meaning 1 | to search, to look for | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to try, to attempt | |
| Reference | Kirillova 2008 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 20 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Vietnamese | |
| Lexeme | tìm | |
| Meaning 1 | look for | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | try | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Haser 2000, 182 | |
Ср. лат. quaero 'искать; добиваться'