to find
→
to meet
8 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Mansi | |
| Lexeme | хо̄нтуӈкве | |
| Meaning 1 | to find | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to meet | |
| Reference | Afanas'eva, Sobjanina 2012 | |
| Comment | ||