to see/to look at to search, look for 14 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Cognates
Language 1 Aghul
Language 2 Tabassaran
Lexeme 1 agʷas
Lexeme 2 a=gub
Meaning 1 to see
Direction
Meaning 2 to look for
Reference
Comment
NEW Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Aghul
Lexeme агвас
Meaning 1 to see/to look at
Direction
Meaning 2 (colloquial) to search, to look for са чIукь пул агуна канде
need to look for some money
Reference Ramazanov 2010: 32
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Aranda
Lexeme areme
Meaning 1 to see/to look at
Direction
Meaning 2 to search, to look for
Reference Evans, Wilkins 2000: 574
Comment Henderson, Dobson 1994
ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language Brahui
Lexeme hunning (hur-, hutt-)
Meaning 1 to see/to look at
Direction
Meaning 2 to search, to look for
Reference DEDR: 71
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Polysemy
Language Danish
Lexeme se
Meaning 1 to see se med egne øjne
to see with one’s own eyes
Direction
Meaning 2 to search, to look for se efter
to look for
Reference DDO
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6
Type Derivation
Language English
Lexeme 1 look
Lexeme 2 look for
Meaning 1 to look
Direction
Meaning 2 to look for
Reference
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7
Type Polysemy
Language Gagauz
Lexeme bak-
Meaning 1 to look
Direction
Meaning 2 to look for кайып ишлери бакмаа
to look for lost things
Reference
Comment ГРМС 69. The same in Turk. ТуРС 92.
ACCEPTED Realization 8
Type Polysemy
Language Hungarian
Lexeme keres
Meaning 1 to look at hosszasan nézni valakit
to look at someone for a long time
Direction
Meaning 2 to search, to look for kereset után nézni
to look for a job
Reference Гальди 1974: 564
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 9
Type Polysemy
Language Kurux
Lexeme ērnā (īryas)
Meaning 1 to see/to look at
Direction
Meaning 2 to search, to look for
Reference DEDR: 86
Comment
NEW Realization 10
Type Derivation
Language Malak-Malak
Lexeme 1 dat
Lexeme 2 datwat
Meaning 1 look, watch, see, look at
Direction
Meaning 2 to search, to look for
Reference Lindsay et al. 2017: 26
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 11
Type Polysemy
Language Norwegian
Lexeme se
Meaning 1 to see kan du se den mannen der borte?
can you see that man there?
Direction
Meaning 2 to search, to look for se etter
to look for
Reference BO
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 12
Type Cognates
Language 1 Russian
Language 2 Czech
Lexeme 1 gljadet'
Lexeme 2 hledát
Meaning 1 to look, to watch глядеть в окно
'to look out the window'
Direction
Meaning 2 to look for Hledám své brýle
I'm looking for my glasses
Reference
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 13
Type Polysemy
Language Warumungu
Lexeme nya-
Meaning 1 to see/to look at
Direction
Meaning 2 to search, to look for
Reference Evans, Wilkins 2000: 551
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 14
Type Polysemy
Language Yidiñ
Lexeme wawa-L
Meaning 1 to see/to look at
Direction
Meaning 2 to search, to look for
Reference Evans, Wilkins 2000: 574
Comment Dixon 1991: 260