Number of realizations
7
to find
→
to meet
| Realization | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Amharic | |
| Lexeme | agäññä | |
| Meaning 1 | to meet | yähagären lǝǧ yäraǧǝm amätat gʷaddäññazen wǝč̣č̣ ḳomo siǧara siyač̣äs agäññähut 'I met my compatriot, my friend since many years, as he stood outside smoking a cigar' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to find, to discover, come across (s.th.) | yämmifällǝg yagäññal 'he who searches will find' |
| Reference | K page 2021 | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Evenki | |
| Lexeme | бака- | |
| Meaning 1 | to find | |
| Meaning 2 | to meet | |
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| Comment | The same in Oroch and Udige; in Solon, Even, Negidal, Ulcha and Nanai there is only meaning A, but there is a derived verb meaning 'to meet'. In Negidal, Oroch, Udige and Nanai this root gave rise to the traditional greeting. ТМС 1, 66-67 | |
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| Type | Derivation | |
| Language | Geez | |
| Lexeme 1 | rakaba | |
| Lexeme 2 | tarākaba | |
| Meaning 1 | 'find, get, acquire' [LGz. 469] | |
| Meaning 2 | 'meet one another' (LGz. 469) | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tigrinya | |
| Lexeme | räḵäbä | |
| Meaning 1 | to encounter, to meet | bəʔagaṭami räḵäbä 'to meet s.o. by accident' |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to find, discover | |
| Reference | KT page 585 | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Akkadian | |
| Lexeme | atû | |
| Meaning 1 | to meet | sūḳa abāʔma 2 sekrēti ûta ‘walking along the street, I meet two women of the harem’ |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to discover, to find by accident; to search for and find | awīlum ḫaliḳtašu ûta 'the man will find again what he has lost' |
| Reference | CAD page AII 518 | |
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| Comment | The meaning A is not given in the dictionary, but is clear from the context. Cf. also the same verb's derivative šutātû 'to meet, to confront each other' (CAD AII 518). | |
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|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | retrouver | |
| Meaning 1 | to meet | Je te retrouverai à midi au café. "I will meet you at the café at noon." |
| Direction | ← | |
| Meaning 2 | to find | retrouver ses clefs "to find one's keys" |
| Reference | Larousse online | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hungarian | |
| Lexeme | talál | |
| Meaning 1 | to meet | hű barátokra talál "to find loyal friends " |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to find | gombát talál az erdőbe "to find a mushroom in the forest" |
| Reference | Гальди 1974 | |
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| Comment | The meaning A 'get acquainted; see and talk to someone for the first time'. Cf. also the derived verb találkozik 'to meet' | |