Number of realizations
17
to see/to look at
→
to understand
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Akkadian | |
| Lexeme | amāru | |
| Meaning 1 | to see, behold, look at | ina bīt ili atamaršunu 'I saw them in the temple' |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to come to know, realize, to learn by experience | ḫasāsiš la naṭâ amāriš pašqa ‘beyond comprehension, difficult to understand’; [urḫ]am a-me(!)-ir alik ḫarrāna ‘he knows the road, has traveled the way’ |
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| Comment | (CAD AII 5) | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | see | |
| Meaning 1 | to see | cats see well at night "cats see well at night" |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand, to be aware | I see what you mean "I see what you mean" |
| Reference | Sweetser 1990 page 5 | |
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| Comment | Ibarretxe-Antuñano 2008b: 17 | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Aghul | |
| Lexeme | agʷas | |
| Meaning 1 | to see | za-s we ru] qaj-na agu-ne. "I-DAT your daughter return-CONV see-PST" |
| Meaning 2 | to draw a conclusion | za-s we ru]-a kitab ruXa-f agu-ne. "I-DAT your daughter-ERG book read-PART see-PST" |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | videt' | |
| Meaning 1 | to see | Я своими глазами видела, как он тебя поцеловал. "I saw him kiss you with my own eyes." |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | Теперь-то я вижу, что он прав. "Now I see that he is right." |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Italian | |
| Lexeme | vedere | |
| Meaning 1 | to see/to look at | Sono contento di vederti "‘I am glad to see you’" |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | vedo bene che non ci riesco "‘I see that I can't do it’" |
| Reference | Vanhove 2008 page 354 | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ancient Greek | |
| Lexeme | ὁράω | |
| Meaning 1 | to see/to look at | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | ὁρῶ μ΄ ἔργον δεινὸν ἐξειργασμένην Soph. "I see that I did a terrible thing" |
| Reference | Dvoreckij 1958 | |
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| Comment | (NP) | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Norwegian | |
| Lexeme | se | |
| Meaning 1 | to see | kan du se den mannen der borte? "can you see that man there?" |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | så vidt jeg kan se, skulle det gå bra "as far as I understand, everything should be fine" |
| Reference | BO | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Danish | |
| Lexeme | se | |
| Meaning 1 | to see | se med egne øjne "to see with one’s own eyes" |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | |
| Reference | DDO | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swedish | |
| Lexeme | se | |
| Meaning 1 | to see | tänd ljuset, jag kan inte se "put the light on, i can't see anything" |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | hon kunde inte se någon mening med att opponera sig "he didn’t see the point in protesting" |
| Reference | SAO | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Icelandic | |
| Lexeme | sjá | |
| Meaning 1 | to see | ég hef aldrei séð hana áður "I have never seen her before" |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | þú sérð að þetta er slæm hugmynd "you understand that this is a bad idea" |
| Reference | ISLEX | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | French | |
| Lexeme | voir | |
| Meaning 1 | to see | voir une silhouette "to see a silhouette" |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | |
| Reference | CNRTL | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swahili | |
| Lexeme | kuona | |
| Meaning 1 | to see | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | |
| Reference | Vanhove 2008 page 357 | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Wolof | |
| Lexeme | gis | |
| Meaning 1 | to see | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | |
| Reference | Vanhove 2008 page 357 | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Beja | |
| Lexeme | rha | |
| Meaning 1 | to see | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to understand | |
| Reference | Vanhove 2008 page 357 | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | English | |
| Lexeme | discern | |
| Meaning 1 | to catch sight of | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to mentally realize | |
| Reference | Sweetser 1990 page 38 | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Komi | |
| Lexeme | аддзыны | |
| Meaning 1 | to see/to look at | омӧля аддзыны "to see poorly" |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to make sure; understand; realize | аддзыны ассьыд ӧшыбка "to realize their delusions" |
| Reference | Beznosikova et al. 2000 | |
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| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Meadow Mari | |
| Lexeme | ужаш | |
| Meaning 1 | to see/to look at | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to be aware; understand; recognize; give an account of something | |
| Reference | Marij jylme muter | |
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