to weigh (tr.)
→
to think, consider
13 realizations
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Amharic | |
| lexeme | mäzzänä | |
| meaning 1 | 'to weigh, weigh out, to balance, measur' [K 312] | ʔəḳawən mzznw 'he weighed the goods' [K 312] |
| meaning 2 | 'to estimate, calculate' [K 312] | mzno tnagr 'to speak judiciously, weighing one's words' [K 312] |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Danish | |
| lexeme | veje | |
| meaning 1 | to weigh (intr.) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to think | |
| reference | DDO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | peser | |
| meaning 1 | to weigh (intr.) | peser un paquet sur une bascule to weigh a packet on scales |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to examine attentively | Avez-vous bien pesé tous les risques ? Have you considered all the risks? |
| reference | Larousse online | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Internal cognates | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme 1 | wiegen | |
| lexeme 2 | abwägen | |
| meaning 1 | to weigh (tr.) | Sie wog die Äpfel She weighed the apples |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to think over, to consider | das Pro und Kontra einer Sache abwägen consider all the arguments PRO and CONTRA |
| reference | ABBYY LINGUO | |
| comment | https://www.dwds.de/wb/etymwb/abw%C3%A4gen |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Semantic evolution | |
| language 1 | Latin | |
| language 2 | French | |
| lexeme 1 | pendo, -ere | |
| lexeme 2 | penser | |
| meaning 1 | to weight (objects) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to think | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Glare 1322-1323 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Latin | |
| lexeme | pondero, -are | |
| meaning 1 | to weight | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to judge, to value | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Glare 1400 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Latin | |
| lexeme | libro, -are | |
| meaning 1 | to balance | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to think over, to reflect | |
| reference | ||
| comment | libra 'scales' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Borrowing | |
| language 1 | Old French | |
| language 2 | English | |
| lexeme 1 | ponderer | |
| lexeme 2 | ponder | |
| meaning 1 | to weigh | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to reflect, to consider | ponder a question |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | Engl. ponder< Old Fr. ponderer"to weigh". Meaning "to judge (a matter or action) mentally, weigh carefully in the mind" is attested from late 14c. (https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=ponder) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | взвесить (vzvesit') | |
| meaning 1 | to weigh | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to consider, to ponder | [Барклай де Толли] взвесив все обстоятельства дела, решил, что сражение проиграно) взвешенное решение [Barclay de Tolly], having pondered over all the aspects of the matter, decided that the battle was lost'; a weighted decision |
| reference | MAS | |
| comment | русск. взвесить (МАС: ‘to ponder over, to assess’: Надо как следует все взвесить 'Everything has to be well pondered over' | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | pesar | |
| meaning 1 | to weigh (tr.) | El pescadero pesó el salmón en una balanza. The fishmonger weighed the salmon on a balance. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to consider, think over | ...pues miradas atentamente y pesadas todas las circunstancias ...look carefully and consider all the circumstances |
| reference | Linguee DRAE NRC | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Swedish | |
| lexeme | väga | |
| meaning 1 | to weigh (intr.) | frukten vägs i kassan fruit are weighed at the checkout |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to think | väga för och emot to weigh alll pros and contras |
| reference | SAO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tibetan | |
| lexeme | dpog-pa | |
| meaning 1 | to measure, to weight | |
| meaning 2 | to ponder, to reflect, to estimate | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Рерих V, 236. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Yakut | |
| lexeme | ыараҥнат- | |
| meaning 1 | to weight, to estimate | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to think over, to think through | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ЯРС 520. | |