to know how
→
can, to be able
7 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Basque | |
| Lexeme | ahal- | |
| Meaning 1 | to know how | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | can, to be able | |
| Reference | Баскско-русский, русско-баскский словарь 1997 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Bulgarian | |
| Lexeme | умея (umeja) | |
| Meaning 1 | to know | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to be able | |
| Reference | Bernštejn 1966 | |
| Comment | Cf. The Rus. Which means more or less the same as ‘смочь’ (я не сумел его убедить = ‘I could not convince him’). I.e. уметь – суметь (derivation) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Croatian | |
| Lexeme | znati | |
| Meaning 1 | to know | ne znam što je to I don't know what it is |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | can, to be able, have skill | znam plesati I can dance |
| Reference | HJP | |
| Comment | Example 2 - |
|
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Rutul | |
| Lexeme | гьац1ын / hac'ɨn | |
| Meaning 1 | to know how | гьанийис раIхъ вацIара / hanijis raˤq wac'ara кихьискаагъус гьацIын / kiqiskaːɢus hac'ɨn he knows the way to know literacy |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | can, to be able | машин йивигас гьацIын / mašin jiwigas hac'ɨn to know how to drive a car |
| Reference | Alisultanov, Sulejmanova 2019: 103 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Selkup | |
| Lexeme | тӓнугу | |
| Meaning 1 | to know how | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | can, to be able | |
| Reference | Consolidated Selkup | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Serbian | |
| Lexeme | знати (znati) | |
| Meaning 1 | to know | знати немачки to know German |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | can, to be able | Знате ли ми рећи где је апотека? Can you tell me where is drugstore? |
| Reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 439 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Zulu | |
| Lexeme | azi | |
| Meaning 1 | to know how | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | can, to be able | |
| Reference | Луцков А.Д. Зулу-Русский словарь 2014: 12 | |
| Comment | ||
Ср. англ. can - I can speak English.