Shift #43

to want ↔ to love

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Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Jarawara
Lexeme		nofa
Meaning 1	to want	Iyawa hinita kabi onofarini "I don't want to eat manioc meal by itself"
Direction	—
Meaning 2	to like, love	Bahi kona ehene nofatere amaka. "The thunder doesn't like fishing with poison"
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Comment		JED 140.

Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Spanish
Lexeme		querer
Meaning 1	to want	quisiera hablar con el "I would like to talk to him"
Direction	→
Meaning 2	to love	Yo te quero "I love you"
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Comment		Narumov 1995: 633

Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Macedonian
Lexeme		saka
Meaning 1	to desire, to want
Direction	—
Meaning 2	to love
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Comment		[Толовски, Иллич-Свитыч 1963: 452]

Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Lezgian
Lexeme		k’an xun
Meaning 1	to want, to desire
Direction	—
Meaning 2	to love
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Comment		(LezgRus 211). The same in Tabassaran (ККУН ХЬУБ), cf. (TabRus 199).

Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Classical Arabic
Lexeme		ʔaḥabba
Meaning 1	to want, to desire
Direction	←
Meaning 2	to love
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Comment		BK I 363

Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		English
Lexeme		love
Meaning 1	to love
Direction	→
Meaning 2	to desire, to long for	I'd love to stay with you. "Я бы с удовольствием остался с вами"
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Comment

Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Nganasan
Lexeme		комсялəса
Meaning 1	to wish
Direction	—
Meaning 2	to fall In love
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Comment		НМС 1000

Realization
Type		Polysemy
Language		Amharic
Lexeme		wäddädä
Meaning 1	'to want (s.th.), to prefer'	bäwäddädäw ḳän "'whenever one wants to'"
Direction	←
Meaning 2	'to love, to like, to become enamoured'
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Comment		K 1570