to taste (tr.)
↔
to try, to attempt
28 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Alyawarr | |
| lexeme | arrkerneyel | |
| meaning 1 | to taste | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to try out | |
| reference | Evans, Wilkins 2000: 560 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Croatian | |
| lexeme 1 | kušati | |
| lexeme 2 | pokušati | |
| meaning 1 | to taste | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to try, to attempt | pokušala je stići na vrijeme she tried to get on time |
| reference | HJP | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | try | |
| meaning 1 | to taste | |
| direction | ← | |
| meaning 2 | to try, to attempt | |
| reference | ABBYY LINGUO: 144 | |
| comment | https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=try | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme | probieren | |
| meaning 1 | 'durch eine Kostprobe den Geschmack von etw. pruerfen' [Duden 3014] | diesen Wein mussst du unbedingt probieren [Duden 3014] You surely must try this wine. |
| direction | ← | |
| meaning 2 | versuchen, ob etw. moeglich, durchfuehbar ist' [Dudeen 3014] | Lasst mich mal probieren, das Feuer anzuzünden Let me try to make fire |
| reference | Duden: 3014 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Gugu-yimidjir | |
| lexeme | baadal | |
| meaning 1 | to taste | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to try, to attempt | |
| reference | Evans, Wilkins 2000: 560 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Khoekhoe | |
| lexeme | tsâ | |
| meaning 1 | to taste (tr.) | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to try, to attempt | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | field data | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Kukatja | |
| lexeme | yarrkala | |
| meaning 1 | to taste | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to try | |
| reference | Evans, Wilkins 2000: 560 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ngalakgan | |
| lexeme | many-ngu | |
| meaning 1 | to taste | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to try, to attempt | |
| reference | Evans, Wilkins 2000: 560 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ngarinyin | |
| lexeme | argu | |
| meaning 1 | to taste | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to try, to attempt | |
| reference | Evans, Wilkins 2000: 560 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 21 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | probovat' | |
| lexeme 2 | пробовать (probovat') | |
| meaning 1 | to taste | Повар пробует суп. The cook is trying soup |
| direction | ← | |
| meaning 2 | to try | Вася пробовал чинить приемник, но у него не получилось. Vasia tried to fix the radio, but he could do nothing |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | Semantic calque from the Germ. probieren. See also Sakhno 2009: 144 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 22 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | пробовать | |
| meaning 1 | to taste | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to try, to attempt | |
| reference | Sakhno 2009: 144 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 24 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | probar | |
| meaning 1 | to taste | |
| direction | ↔ | |
| meaning 2 | to try, to attempt | nunca lo he hecho - pruébalo! |
| reference | ABBYY LINGUO | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 27 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ts'ixa | |
| lexeme | dzaa | |
| meaning 1 | to taste (tr.) | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to try, to attempt | |
| reference | Fehn 2019 Ts'ixa: 7 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 28 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Yidiñ | |
| lexeme | banja-L | |
| meaning 1 | to taste | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to try (to do), to test | |
| reference | Evans, Wilkins 2000: 560 | |
| comment | ||