to guess
→
to think, consider
5 realizations
Multi-area
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 (ID: 51618) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | to guess | |
| meaning 1 | to guess | She could only guess what he meant. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to think, suppose | I guess you're right. |
| reference | Merriam-Webster | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 (ID: 51628) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Khoekhoe | |
| lexeme | ǂˀã̀ĩ̋ | |
| meaning 1 | to guess | |
| direction | ← | |
| meaning 2 | to think, consider | |
| reference | Comparative Khoe-Kwadi | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 (ID: 51625) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Maninka | |
| lexeme | bìsikí | |
| meaning 1 | to presume, guess/ surmise | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to think, believe | |
| reference | Vydrin Comparative Mande | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 4 (ID: 51626) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language 1 | Old High German | |
| language 2 | Old Dutch (Old Low Franconian) | |
| lexeme | wānen | |
| meaning 1 | to suppose, to guess | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to think, suppose | |
| reference | Köbler 2014 | |
| comment | http://www.koeblergerhard.de/ahd/ahd_w.html Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012 https://gtb.ivdnt.org/iWDB/search?wdb=ONW&actie=article&id=ID429 |
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| NEW Realization 5 (ID: 51627) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Old Norse | |
| lexeme | hyggja | |
| meaning 1 | to guess, ween | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to think, consider | hyggðu, Heiðrekr, at gátu! Think, Heiðrekr, on the riddle! |
| reference | Zoëga 1910 | |
| comment | ||