Number of realizations
21
to search, to look for
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to ask (for)
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Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Geez
Lexeme
ḫaśśaśa
Meaning 1
seek, look for
taḫaśśəśomu wa-ʔi-tərakkəbomu "(Jes. 41:12) 'she looks for them and does not find them' (LLA 585)"
Direction
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Meaning 2
demand, entreat
mannu ḫaŝaŝo la-zəntu ʔəm-ʔədekəmu; "‘who demanded this from your hand?’ (Jes. 1:12);"
Reference
Related Languages
Comment
Haser 2000, 182; LLA 584-585
Realization
Type
Derivation
Language
Modern Hebrew
Lexeme 1
bikéš
Lexeme 2
bakaša
Meaning 1
look for
Direction
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Meaning 2
request
Reference
Related Languages
Comment
Haser 2000, 182
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Maya
Lexeme
kaxan-nah
Meaning 1
look for
Direction
→
Meaning 2
request
Reference
Related Languages
Comment
Haser 2000, 182
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Hungarian
Lexeme
keres
Meaning 1
look for something, seek something
a tettest keresni "to search for the criminal"
Direction
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Meaning 2
demand (something or someone)
rajtam keresi az elveszett könyvetam keresi az elveszett könyvet "he demands the lost book of mek of me"
Reference
Гальди 1974 page 362
Related Languages
Comment
Haser 2000, 182
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Korean
Lexeme
kwu hata
Meaning 1
looks for, seeks
Direction
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Meaning 2
ask (for), wants, needs, tries
Reference
Related Languages
Comment
Haser 2000, 182
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Manchu
Lexeme
baimbi
Meaning 1
seek, look for
Direction
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Meaning 2
ask for, request
Reference
Related Languages
Comment
Haser 2000, 182
Realization
Type
Semantic evolution
Language
Japanese
Lexeme
motomeru
Meaning 1
look for
Hetsunami no yosuru shiratama motomutozo kimi ga kimasanu (辺つ波の寄する白玉求むとぞ君は来まさぬ) "Lady, your husband whom you await / Does not come to you, / Because he seeks the pearls / Borne by the ocean waves (https://archive.org/details/Manyoshu - The Man'yoshu, verse 875-9)"
Direction
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Meaning 2
demand, request
Motomeyo, shikaraba ataeraren (求めよ, しからば与えられん) "Ask, and it shall be given you."
Reference
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Comment
Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary. T.Watanabe, E.Skrzypczak, P.Snowden eds. Tokyo: Kenkyusha. 2003 (5th edition)
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Tuvan
Lexeme
диле-
Meaning 1
to look for
демир рудазын дилээри "the search for ironstone"
Meaning 2
to ask
Reference
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Comment
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Macedonian
Lexeme
bara
Meaning 1
to look for
Meaning 2
to ask, to demand
Reference
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Comment
[Толовски, Иллич-Свитыч 1963: 24]
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Estonian
Lexeme
ot'sima
Meaning 1
look for
Direction
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Meaning 2
request
Reference
Related Languages
Comment
Haser 2000, 182
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Japanese
Lexeme
motomeru
Meaning 1
look for
Direction
→
Meaning 2
demand, request
Reference
Related Languages
Comment
Haser 2000, 182
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Nahuatl
Lexeme 1
tēmoa: tla
Lexeme 2
tēmolia: tē-tla
Meaning 1
seek something
Direction
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Meaning 2
ask someone for something
Reference
Related Languages
Comment
Haser 2000, 182
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Egyptian
Lexeme
wḥ3
Meaning 1
look for, seek, require
Direction
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Meaning 2
demand
Reference
Related Languages
Comment
Haser 2000, 182
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Yakut
Lexeme
көрдөө-
Meaning 1
to look for, to seek
Direction
—
Meaning 2
to ask, to demand
Reference
Related Languages
Comment
ЯРС 180.
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Modern Greek
Lexeme
γυρεύω
Meaning 1
to look for, to seek
Direction
—
Meaning 2
to ask, to demand
Reference
Related Languages
Comment
Хориков, Малев: 231
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Tigre
Lexeme
ramḳa
Meaning 1
'to seek'
molād ʔəndo ramaḳnā "'as we sought relatives'"
Direction
—
Meaning 2
'to ask, to entreat earnestly'
wa-ʔadəg bəzuḥ ramḳayom "'and the donkey entreated them very much''"
Reference
Related Languages
Comment
LH 158; the basic meaning is B
Realization
Type
Borrowing
Language 1
Hausa
Language 2
Dangaleat
Lexeme 1
biδa
Lexeme 2
bōde
Meaning 1
seek
Direction
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Meaning 2
reclaim (a debt)
Reference
Related Languages
Comment
Haser 2000, 182
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Khmer
Lexeme
rɔ:k
Meaning 1
to look for
Direction
—
Meaning 2
to aske, to make a request
Reference
Related Languages
Comment
Gorgoniev 1984, 556
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Turkish
Lexeme
ara-
Meaning 1
look for, investigate
Direction
→
Meaning 2
demand, ask for
Reference
Related Languages
Comment
Haser 2000, 182
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Finnish
Lexeme
pyytä-
Meaning 1
look for
Direction
→
Meaning 2
request
Reference
Related Languages
Comment
Haser 2000, 182
Realization
Type
Polysemy
Language
Mongolian (Khalkha)
Lexeme
ere-
Meaning 1
look for
Direction
→
Meaning 2
ask for
Reference
Related Languages
Comment
Haser 2000, 182