to find
→
to meet
8 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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: a 2, 518 | |
| 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'. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | AED: 2021 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Mansi | |
| lexeme | хо̄нтуӈкве | |
| meaning 1 | to find | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to meet | |
| reference | Afanas'eva, Sobjanina 2012 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | TED: 585 | |
| comment | ||