can, to be able
→
to know
3 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
NEW Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Abkhaz | |
Lexeme | адырра (adərra) | |
Meaning 1 | to know | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | can, to be able | |
Reference | Genko 1998: 85 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Cognates | |
Language 1 | Amharic | |
Language 2 | Zway | |
Lexeme 1 | c̆alä | |
Lexeme 2 | čāl | |
Meaning 1 | to be able, can, be capable of | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to know | ʔēnɛ yɛbɛlɛyhum čāl he knows that he ate his dinner |
Reference | AED: 1004 EDG: 174 Meyer 2005: 286 | |
Comment | Goes back to root khl 'to be able, can' (EDG 173; 368). |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Farsi | |
Lexeme | -دان dān- | |
Meaning 1 | to be able | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | to know, to be informed | |
Reference | ||
Comment | ПРС 335. |
Petrova 2006, sections 3, 4