to find
→
to meet
8 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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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: 2021 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Evenki | |
Lexeme | бака- | |
Meaning 1 | to find | |
Meaning 2 | to meet | |
Reference | ||
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 |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Geez | |
Lexeme 1 | rakaba | |
Lexeme 2 | tarākaba | |
Meaning 1 | 'find, get, acquire' | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | 'meet one another' | |
Reference | CDG: 469 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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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: 585 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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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 ḫaliḳtāšu ûta the man will find again what he has lost |
Reference | CAD | |
Comment | CAD a 2, 518 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'. |
ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
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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 | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
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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 | |
Comment | The meaning A 'get acquainted; see and talk to someone for the first time'. Cf. also the derived verb találkozik 'to meet' |
NEW Realization 8 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Mansi | |
Lexeme | хо̄нтуӈкве | |
Meaning 1 | to find | |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | to meet | |
Reference | Afanas'eva, Sobjanina 2012 | |
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