to follow, go after smb.
→
to watch, look after
10 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Armenian | |
| lexeme | hetevel (հետեւել) | |
| meaning 1 | to follow | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to watch after, to keep an eye on | |
| reference | Galstjan 1984: 414 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language 1 | Classical Arabic | |
| language 2 | Geez | |
| lexeme | ʕaḳaba | |
| meaning 1 | 'to come after, to follow, to succeed'' (Lane 2097) | ʕaḳabū min ḫalf-i-nā 'they succeeded us after our departure' |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | 'to guard, to watch' (LGz. 66) | ʕaḳaba kʷəllo fənāwəya Job 33:11: 'he keeps close watch on all my paths.' |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | follow | |
| meaning 1 | to go or come after (a person or thing proceeding ahead) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to pay close attention to | I've been following this discussion closely |
| reference | ODE | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | suivre | |
| meaning 1 | to follow | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to watch, look after | suivre les événements to follow events |
| reference | NFRS | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme | folgen | |
| meaning 1 | to follow | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to watch, look after | j-m mit den Augen folgen to follow smb. with eyes |
| reference | Moskal'skaja (ed.) 2001 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Italian | |
| lexeme | seguire | |
| meaning 1 | to follow | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to watch, look after | seguire i progressi della scienza to keep track of science |
| reference | Zor'ko et al. 2002 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Lao | |
| lexeme | títtàːm | |
| meaning 1 | to follow, to accompany/to attend | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to observe, to watch over/to follow (events, somebody's activities) | |
| reference | SEAlang Lao | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Portuguese | |
| lexeme | seguir | |
| meaning 1 | to follow | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to watch, look after | |
| reference | Feerštejn, Starec 2005 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | следовать (sledovat') | |
| lexeme 2 | следить (sledit') | |
| meaning 1 | to follow | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to watch | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | izlemek | |
| meaning 1 | to follow | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to watch, look after | çocuk kuşu gözleriyle izledi the boy watched after the bird |
| reference | Jusipova 2005 | |
| comment | ||