to search, look for
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to want
9 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Akkadian | |
| lexeme | buʔû | |
| meaning 1 | to look for, to search for | 5 ūmē ú-ba-ʔu-šu-ma ul innamir ašaršu though they searched for him five days, his location was not discovered |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to wish, ask, intend | ju-ba-ú alāk[am] adi GN u jānu mû ana šatēšu u târa ana mātīšu he wanted to go to Byblos, but there was no water for him to drink, so he reterned to his land |
| reference | CAD | |
| comment | CAD b 360-363 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Amharic | |
| lexeme | fällägä | |
| meaning 1 | to seek, seek after, to lookk for, search for | bämäǧämmäriya hotel ʔənnəḳḳämmäṭənna bähʷala bet ʔənnəfälləgallän (Leslau 1965:2) At first we'll live in a hotel and then we'll look for a house. |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to want or desire s.th. | wädäfälläghäwəss wəsädäññ Take me wherever you will. |
| reference | AED: 2269 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Chaha | |
| lexeme | šä-m | |
| meaning 1 | look for, search, seek | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | desire, want | |
| reference | ||
| comment | (LGur. I 106). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | seek | |
| meaning 1 | to seek [НБАРС 183] | to seek game to seek game (dog) [НБАРС 183] |
| meaning 2 | to strive for smth [НБАРС 183] | they sought to climb Mount Everest they sought to climb Mount Everest [НБАРС 183] |
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| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Oromo | |
| lexeme | barbaaduu | |
| meaning 1 | look for | garaakootiif qoriccha na barbadi 'look for some medicine for my stomach' |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | want | farda bitacchun barbaada 'I want to buy a horse' |
| reference | ||
| comment | (Gragg 1982:39) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language 1 | Russian | |
| language 2 | Bulgarian | |
| lexeme 1 | iskat' | |
| lexeme 2 | iskam | |
| meaning 1 | seek | |
| meaning 2 | to want, desire | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tigre | |
| lexeme | ḥazā | |
| meaning 1 | to seek | ʔəgəl ləḥzəwo gesaw they went to look for him |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to wish, to like | ʔəgəl ləḳtəlo ḥazā he wanted to kill him |
| reference | WTS: 92 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tigrinya | |
| lexeme | däläyä | |
| meaning 1 | to want, to wish, to desire | |
| direction | ← | |
| meaning 2 | to look for, seek, search (for), ferret out | |
| reference | TED: 2050 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | iste- | |
| meaning 1 | to search, to look for | sinemaya gitmek istiyorum I want to go to movies |
| direction | ← | |
| meaning 2 | to want | beni mi istedin? Were you looking for me? |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 469 | |
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