Number of realizations
14
to calculate, count
→
to tell
| Realization |
| Type |
Derivation |
| Language |
Zulu |
| Lexeme 1 |
ɓala |
| Lexeme 2 |
ɓalisa |
| Meaning 1 |
count, calculate, take into account |
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| Direction |
→ |
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| Meaning 2 |
cause to count, recount the details of one`s personal affairs |
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| Reference |
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| Related Languages |
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| Comment |
Haser 2000, 181 |
| Realization |
| Type |
Derivation |
| Language |
Hungarian |
| Lexeme 1 |
számol |
| Lexeme 2 |
beszámol |
| Meaning 1 |
count, render/give an account of something |
százig számolni
"to count up to a hundred" |
| Direction |
→ |
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| Meaning 2 |
give an account of something, relate something |
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| Reference |
Гальди 1974 page 87
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| Related Languages |
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| Comment |
Haser 2000, 181 |
| Realization |
| Type |
Derivation |
| Language |
Modern Hebrew |
| Lexeme 1 |
mispar |
| Lexeme 2 |
mesapér |
| Meaning 1 |
number |
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| Direction |
— |
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| Meaning 2 |
narrator |
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| Reference |
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| Related Languages |
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| Comment |
Haser 2000, 181 |
| Realization |
| Type |
Polysemy |
| Language |
Nahuatl |
| Lexeme |
pōhua |
| Meaning 1 |
count something |
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| Direction |
— |
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| Meaning 2 |
read something, recount, relate, or give account of something |
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| Reference |
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| Related Languages |
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| Comment |
Haser 2000, 182 |
| Realization |
| Type |
Borrowing |
| Language 1 |
Latin |
| Language 2 |
German |
| Lexeme 1 |
ratio |
| Lexeme 2 |
Rede |
| Meaning 1 |
count |
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| Meaning 2 |
speech |
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| Reference |
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| Related Languages |
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| Comment |
Possibly Indo-European cognates. |
| Realization |
| Type |
Polysemy |
| Language |
Portuguese |
| Lexeme |
contar |
| Meaning 1 |
to reckon |
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| Meaning 2 |
to tell, to narrate |
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| Reference |
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| Related Languages |
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| Comment |
Also in Spanish contar ‘to count’, ‘to narrate’. |
| Realization |
| Type |
Polysemy |
| Language |
Ancient Hebrew |
| Lexeme |
sippēr |
| Meaning 1 |
to count out, count over again |
mī-yəsappēr šəḥāḳīm bə-ḥokmā (Job 38:37) 'who counts the clouds by wisdom?'; |
| Direction |
— |
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| Meaning 2 |
to report, tell |
wa-yyaḥălom ʕod ḥălom ʔaḥēr wa-yəsappēr ʔoto lə-ʔeḥāw (Gen. 37: 9) 'and he dreamed also another dream, and he narrated it to his brothers' |
| Reference |
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| Related Languages |
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| Comment |
(HALOT 766). |
| Realization |
| Type |
Derivation |
| Language |
German |
| Lexeme 1 |
zählen |
| Lexeme 2 |
erzählen |
| Meaning 1 |
to count |
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| Meaning 2 |
to tell, to narrate |
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| Reference |
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| Related Languages |
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| Comment |
Cf. Engl. tale, also obs. ‘number’. |
| Realization |
| Type |
Cognates |
| Language |
French |
| Lexeme 1 |
compter |
| Lexeme 2 |
raconter |
| Meaning 1 |
to count |
compter les élèves de la classe
"to count the pupils in a class" |
| Direction |
— |
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| Meaning 2 |
to tell, to narrate |
raconter une histoire
"to tell a story" |
| Reference |
CNRTL
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| Related Languages |
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| Comment |
Also Ital. contare ‘count’, raccontare ‘narrate’ |
| Realization |
| Type |
Polysemy |
| Language |
Old Uighur |
| Lexeme |
са- |
| Meaning 1 |
to count |
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| Meaning 2 |
to speak |
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| Reference |
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| Related Languages |
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| Comment |
ЭСТЯ 7, 124 |
| Realization |
| Type |
Cognates |
| Language 1 |
Old Norse |
| Language 2 |
Swedish |
| Lexeme 1 |
telja |
| Lexeme 2 |
tälja |
| Meaning 1 |
to speak |
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| Direction |
— |
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| Meaning 2 |
to count |
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| Reference |
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| Related Languages |
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| Comment |
cf the Old Icel. tal 'number; speech' |
| Realization |
| Type |
Polysemy |
| Language |
Malayalam |
| Lexeme |
ennuka |
| Meaning 1 |
count, number |
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| Direction |
— |
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| Meaning 2 |
esteem, relate |
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| Reference |
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| Related Languages |
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| Comment |
Haser 2000, 181 |
| Realization |
| Type |
Polysemy |
| Language |
Sumerian |
| Lexeme |
šit, šid |
| Meaning 1 |
calculate, count |
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| Direction |
— |
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| Meaning 2 |
tell, recite |
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| Reference |
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| Related Languages |
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| Comment |
Haser 2000, 181 |
| Realization |
| Type |
Polysemy |
| Language |
Saamic |
| Lexeme |
lǫkkâ- |
| Meaning 1 |
count |
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| Direction |
— |
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| Meaning 2 |
tell, say |
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| Reference |
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| Related Languages |
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| Comment |
Haser 2000, 181 |