to think, consider ↔ to speak 6 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Aghul
lexeme aʁas
meaning 1 to think
direction ←
meaning 2 to speak
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ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Jarawara
lexeme ati na
meaning 1 say Tiwatakahamone ati nineke
She said you're fat.
direction —
meaning 2 think Okomobi kakomehinoka, yome ati ama nikani ati nari
Okomobi was afraid, because he thought he heard a jaguar
reference
comment JED 54.
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Jarawara
lexeme nima na
meaning 1 to think about Owati boti yama nima
I can't remember. (Lit., my mind is
direction —
meaning 2 to speak to, ask to do smth. Oof, hoo, oko hasobona me
Whew, I asked them to boil taro for me
reference
comment JED 140. Или это думать - просить?
NEW Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Romanian
lexeme zice
meaning 1 to think
direction ←
meaning 2 to speak
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ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Cognates
language 1 Russian
language 2 Bulgarian
lexeme 1 думать (dumat')
lexeme 2 думам
meaning 1 to think
direction —
meaning 2 I am speaking
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NEW Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Udihe
lexeme гунэ-
meaning 1 to think
direction —
meaning 2 to speak

Лалими-дэ, гэктими-дэ, будэсэи гунэми.


And I thought you already died of cold and hunger
reference Simonov, Kyalundzyuga 1998: 272-274
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