to know how
→
can, to be able
7 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
NEW Realization 1 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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.