to do, act to work 17 realizations Multi-area
NEW Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Aklanon
lexeme búhat
meaning 1 to do, act
direction
meaning 2 to work
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 2
type Internal cognates
language Bozo
lexeme 1 wálé, wálí
lexeme 2 wele
meaning 1 to do
direction
meaning 2 to work
reference EvoSem
comment

The 𝓔𝓿𝓸𝕃𝕖𝕩 comparative dictionary of  Mande by Valentin Vydrin

NEW Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Bughotu (Bugotu)
lexeme taŋo
meaning 1 to do
direction
meaning 2 to work
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Cebuano
lexeme búhat
meaning 1 to do, act
direction
meaning 2 to work
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Divehi (Maldivian)
lexeme kuranī (ކުރަނީ)
meaning 1 to do, act
direction
meaning 2 to work
reference Turner Indo-Aryan Comparative Dictionary: 142
comment

Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000)  A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 151 https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/maniku_query.py?page=151

NEW Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Lule Sami
lexeme barggat
meaning 1 to do, act
direction
meaning 2 to work
reference <personally collected data>
comment

Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

NEW Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Malayalam
lexeme paṇṇuka (പണ്ണുക)
meaning 1 to do, act
direction
meaning 2 to work
reference English Wiktionary
comment
NEW Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Mangei (Soboyo)
lexeme fei
meaning 1 to do, act
direction
meaning 2 to work
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 9
type Polysemy
language Mara
lexeme tei
meaning 1 to do
direction
meaning 2 to work
reference STEDT
comment
NEW Realization 10
type Polysemy
language Maranao
lexeme soaɁ
meaning 1 to do
direction
meaning 2 to work
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 11
type Polysemy
language Northern Sami
lexeme bargat
meaning 1 to do
direction
meaning 2 to work
reference <personally collected data>
comment

Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

NEW Realization 12
type Polysemy
language Old Irish
lexeme gníid
meaning 1 to do

na·gníu-sa iárnairgairiu


I do it after it is forbidden. (Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712)

direction
meaning 2 to work

In tan as·mber Dauid “intellectum tibi dabo”, sech is arde són do·mbéra Día do neuch nod·n-eirbea ind ⁊ génas triit con·festar cid as imgabthi do dénum di ulc ⁊ cid as déinti dó di maith. Aithesc trá lesom insin a persin Dǽ.


When David says, “I will give thee understanding”, that is a sign that God will give to everyone that will trust in him, and work through him, that he may know what evil he must avoid doing, and what good he must do. He has then here a reply in the person of God.(Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483)

reference eDIL
comment
NEW Realization 13
type Polysemy
language Pangasinan
lexeme gawá
meaning 1 to do
direction
meaning 2 to work
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 14
type Polysemy
language Rengao
lexeme bèʹ
meaning 1 to do
direction
meaning 2 to work
reference Gregerson & Gregerson 2026: 172
comment
NEW Realization 15
type Polysemy
language Tolai (Kuanua)
lexeme pait
meaning 1 to do
direction
meaning 2 to work
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 16
type Polysemy
language Tshwa (Tsoa, Hiechware)
lexeme hĩĩ
meaning 1 to do
direction
meaning 2 to work
reference EvoSem
comment

 The 𝓔𝓿𝓸𝕃𝕖𝕩 comparative dictionary of  Khoe-Kwadi by A.M. Fehn, A. Smirnitskaya, T. Leepang, H. Nakagawa, A. Phiri & J. Rocha

NEW Realization 17
type Polysemy
language Yir Yoront
lexeme thak
meaning 1 to do, act
direction
meaning 2 to work
reference EvoSem
comment

Dangedl dialect