to hear / to listen
→
to understand
36 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 792 | deaf | → | stupid | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Nganasan | |
| Lexeme | дильситiси | |
| Meaning 1 | to listen | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | |
| Reference | NMS: 436 Kosterkina, Momde, Ždanova 2001: 41 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Koryak | |
| Lexeme | валомык | |
| Meaning 1 | to listen | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | КорРС 13 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Even | |
| Lexeme | долдъ- | |
| Meaning 1 | to hear | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ТМС, 1, 214-215 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | French | |
| Language 2 | Spanish | |
| Lexeme 1 | entendre | |
| Lexeme 2 | entender | |
| Meaning 1 | to hear | J'entends pleurer dans la pièce à côté. 'I can hear someone cry in the next room.' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand, to be knowledgeable | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ###проверить грузинский | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Yakut | |
| Lexeme | isit- | |
| Meaning 1 | to hear | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand, to comprehend | nūččaly istäγin duo? 'Do you understand (lit. hear) Russian?' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Аникин 2000, 497. ЯРС 156. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | slyšat' | |
| Meaning 1 | to hear | слышать смех 'to hear laughter' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to hear | это якут, он по-русски не слышит; он не говорит по-коряцки, а слышит 'He is Yakut, he does not understand Russian; he does not speak Koryak but he understands it.' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Lower Indigir idioms | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tundra Yukaghir | |
| Lexeme | мөри- | |
| Meaning 1 | to hear | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand (language) | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Аникин 2000, 497 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme | sämma | |
| Meaning 1 | to hear | mənəm alsämmahum 'I did not hear anything' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | baynaggärutəm yəsämmutal 'Though they do not speak (this language), they understand it' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | The same meanings in Tigrinya sämʕe 'to hear, to listen, to understand' (KT 657) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tibetan | |
| Lexeme | khums-pa | |
| Meaning 1 | to hear, to listen | |
| Meaning 2 | to know, to understand | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Рерих I, 276. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Avestan | |
| Lexeme | uš- | |
| Meaning 1 | hearing | |
| Meaning 2 | undestanding, intelligence | |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | ЭСИЯ 1, 268 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Itelmen | |
| Lexeme | элфсэс | |
| Meaning 1 | to listen | т'илфсəзвин 'I am listening to you' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | мил̹ мизвинк ттэ'ан крвэл̹хатас илфсқзузнэн 'Here all people understand Russian' |
| Reference | ||
| Comment | Володин, Халоймова 119 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | entendre | |
| Meaning 1 | to hear | J'entends pleurer dans la pièce à côté. 'I can hear someone cry in the next room.' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | C'est ainsi que j'entends la vie. 'This is how I understand life.' |
| Reference | Vanhove 2008: 348 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Yupik | |
| Lexeme | niiqur | |
| Meaning 1 | to hear | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | |
| Reference | Vanhove 2008: 352 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Pintupi-Luritja | |
| Lexeme | kulinu | |
| Meaning 1 | to hear | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | |
| Reference | Evans, Wilkins 2000: 569 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Wagaya | |
| Lexeme | larr- | |
| Meaning 1 | to hear | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | |
| Reference | Evans, Wilkins 2000: 570 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Yawuru | |
| Lexeme | langka- | |
| Meaning 1 | to hear | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | |
| Reference | Evans, Wilkins 2000: 570 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Palenquero | |
| Lexeme | kuchá | |
| Meaning 1 | to hear / to listen | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | |
| Reference | Vanhove 2008: 352 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 18 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Aranda | |
| Lexeme | awe | |
| Meaning 1 | to hear / to listen | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | |
| Reference | Evans, Wilkins 2000: 565 | |
| Comment | Ibarretxe-Antuñano 2008: 25 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 19 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Pitjantjatjara | |
| Lexeme | kulini | |
| Meaning 1 | to hear / to listen | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | |
| Reference | Ibarretxe-Antuñano 2008b: 25 | |
| Comment | Evans, Wilkins 2000 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 20 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Bandjalangic | |
| Lexeme | gannga- | |
| Meaning 1 | to hear / to listen | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | |
| Reference | Evans, Wilkins 2000: 569 | |
| Comment | Ibarretxe-Antuñano 2008: 25 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 21 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Wik-Mungkan | |
| Lexeme | ngeeyan | |
| Meaning 1 | to hear / to listen | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | |
| Reference | Evans, Wilkins 2000: 567 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 22 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ngalkbun | |
| Lexeme | wonan | |
| Meaning 1 | to hear / to listen | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | |
| Reference | Evans, Wilkins 2000: 567 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 23 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Kayardild | |
| Lexeme | marrija | |
| Meaning 1 | to hear / to listen | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | |
| Reference | Evans, Wilkins 2000: 567 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 24 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Kunwinjku | |
| Lexeme | bekkan | |
| Meaning 1 | to hear / to listen | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand (a language) | |
| Reference | Evans, Wilkins 2000: 568 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 25 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Kukatja | |
| Lexeme | kulila | |
| Meaning 1 | to hear / to listen | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | |
| Reference | Evans, Wilkins 2000: 569 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 26 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ngalakgan | |
| Lexeme | banarr- | |
| Meaning 1 | to hear / to listen | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | |
| Reference | Evans, Wilkins 2000: 569 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 27 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Warlpiri | |
| Lexeme | purda-nyanyi | |
| Meaning 1 | to hear / to listen | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | |
| Reference | Evans, Wilkins 2000: 570 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 28 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Wubuy (Nunggubuyu) | |
| Lexeme | wawangki- | |
| Meaning 1 | to hear / to listen | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | |
| Reference | Evans, Wilkins 2000: 571 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 29 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Warluwara | |
| Lexeme | rlari- | |
| Meaning 1 | to hear / to listen | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | |
| Reference | Evans, Wilkins 2000: 553 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 30 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Yaqui (Hiaki) | |
| Lexeme | hikka | |
| Meaning 1 | to hear, listen | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | |
| Reference | Dictionary Yaqui: 46 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 31 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Thao | |
| Lexeme | t<un>maza | |
| Meaning 1 | to hear, listen | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand (a language) | |
| Reference | ACD | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 32 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swahili | |
| Lexeme | sikia | |
| Meaning 1 | to hear | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | |
| Reference | Polikanov | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 33 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Batsbi | |
| Lexeme | jeplar | |
| Meaning 1 | to hear / to listen | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | |
| Reference | Mikeladze, Gigashvili 2012: 384 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 34 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Batsbi | |
| Lexeme | xac̣ar | |
| Meaning 1 | to hear | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | |
| Reference | Bertlani (ed.) 2018: 211 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 35 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hawu (Sabu) | |
| Lexeme | rəŋi | |
| Meaning 1 | to hear | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | |
| Reference | ACD | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 36 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Chukchee | |
| Lexeme | валёмык | |
| Meaning 1 | to hear | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | |
| Reference | Moll, Inènlikèj 1957: 19 | |
| Comment | ||