Number of realizations
3
to speak
→
to read
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mongolian (Khalkha) | |
| Lexeme | unši- | |
| Meaning 1 | to call loudly | Бөртө Бөртө гэж уншин явахуй дур учирч "they mey when he called loudly" |
| Meaning 2 | to read | |
| Reference | ||
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| Comment | ||
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Ancient Hebrew | |
| Language 2 | Arabic | |
| Lexeme 1 | ḳārā(ʔ) | |
| Lexeme 2 | ḳaraʔa | |
| Meaning 1 | to call someone, to call, shout | wa-ttiḳrā ləʔanšē bētāh wa-ttōmär lāhäm 'she called the people of her house and told them' (Gn. 39:14) |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to read (a book), to recite; to speak, to relate | |
| Reference | ||
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| Comment | (HAL 1128f.; BK II 701). The meaning B is also given for Ancient Hebrew, although with a different syntactic behaviour (preposition bə: ḳārā(ʔ) 'to recite a book, to read [HAL 1130]). | |
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Geez | |
| Lexeme | ʔanbaba | |
| Meaning 1 | utter a sound, proclaim, chant | ʔəlla yānabbəbu baṣanāṣəl 'who play sistrum' (1 Par 25:1) |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | read, recite | ʔanbibaka yəʔta maṣḥafa 'after you have read this book' (LLA 655) |
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| Comment | (LGz. 383; LLA 655); cf. also nababa 'to speak' (ibid.): yənabbəbā ba-nagara kanaʕān 'he speaks to her in the language of Canaan (Jes. 19:18), to which ʔanbaba is the causative. | |