wa-ʔəb la-ʔənkərā la-gəbuḥ waʕagā ʔət lattaḳbəllo ʔəgəl la-́ṣəgādu ḥagḥaga "'and he scrubbed his neck with its blunt side, while the monkey was watching him' (PPEA I:13, line 20)"
Direction
—
Meaning 2
to look after smth
məndi ləddarre dib šābrā; ʔadugātu lattaḳbəl "'when he descends to Shabra, he watches his donkeys' (PPEA III:526, L. 714, line 15)"
Reference
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Comment
LH 248.Presumably the shift is from 'to shepherd' to 'to watch'. Formally the verb is causative from one of the following verbs: ḳabbala 'accept', ̣ʔaḳbala 'retrun' ḳābala 'go to the other side'
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Egyptian
Lexeme
nw
Meaning 1
see, look
Direction
—
Meaning 2
take care of, look after
Reference
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Comment
Haser 2000, 177
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Nahuatl
Lexeme
īxōtiā
Meaning 1
keep watch
Direction
—
Meaning 2
take care of something, look after something, keep watch
Reference
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Comment
īx-tli 'face, surface, eye'
Realization
Type
Derivation
Language
Swahili
Lexeme 1
angalia
Lexeme 2
mwangalizi
Meaning 1
look at, be careful
Direction
—
Meaning 2
a careful, observant person, caretaker, guardian
Reference
Related Languages
Comment
Haser 2000, 178
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Kurux
Lexeme
ērnā (īryas)
Meaning 1
look, see
Direction
—
Meaning 2
look after
Reference
Related Languages
Comment
Haser 2000, 177
Realization
Type
Derivation
Language
English
Lexeme 1
see
Lexeme 2
see (to smth.)
Meaning 1
to see
"cats see well at night"
Direction
→
Meaning 2
to look after
to see to the children
Reference
Related Languages
Comment
The change in subcategorization frame.
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Russian
Lexeme
смотреть
Meaning 1
to see, to watch
смотреть на звезды "to watch stars"
Direction
→
Meaning 2
to look after
смотреть за больным "to look after a patient"
Reference
Related Languages
Comment
The change in subcategorization frame.
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Tabassaran
Lexeme
libgub
Meaning 1
to look
Direction
→
Meaning 2
to look after
бицIидариз лигуб "to look after the children"
Reference
Related Languages
Comment
(TabRus 217)
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Geez
Lexeme
ḥawwaṣa
Meaning 1
to look on, peep, observe
wa-təḫewwəṣ ʔəḫtu ʔəmrəḥuḳ kama tāʔmər mənt təbaṣṣəḥo (Ex. 2:4) 'and his sister watches him from far away in order to know what happens to him'
Direction
→
Meaning 2
to look after, take care of, be solicitous
wa-hallo 1 radʔ... za-yəḥewwəṣā wa-yətʔallakā (Walatta Petros 38) "and there was assistant who looked after her and served her"
Reference
Related Languages
Comment
(LGz. 250)
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Tuvan
Lexeme
көр-
Meaning 1
to look; to see
Direction
→
Meaning 2
to care for
мал көөр "to look after the cattle"
Reference
Related Languages
Comment
The same in Yak. Көр-.
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Akkadian
Lexeme
amāru
Meaning 1
to see, to look
suʯrum... kidam la imaru kunkamma idnaum "the servant must not see the necklace, give it to him in a package"
Direction
→
Meaning 2
to look after, to take care of
1)ina kapriu libma bssu u eqelu limur "1)'let him stay in his village and look after his home and his field 2)'you did not look after the flock, you are careless'"
Reference
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Comment
(CAD AII 5)
Realization
Type
Derivation
Language
English
Lexeme 1
look
Lexeme 2
look after
Meaning 1
to look
Direction
→
Meaning 2
to look after
Reference
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Comment
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Karaim
Lexeme
бакъ-
Meaning 1
to look
анасына бакъ та, къызыны ал "look at the mother and ask the daughter in marriage (saying)"
Direction
→
Meaning 2
to care for
бакъсан-багъ, бакъмасанъ-дагъ "If you take care of it, it will turn into a garden, if you don't, it will turn into a wood (saying)"