to hear / to listen → to understand 65 realizations
NEW Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Albanian
lexeme dëgjoj
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Tolovski, Illič-Svityč 1963
comment
NEW Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Alutor
lexeme valum-
meaning 1 to hear
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Fortescue 2005: 313
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme sämma
meaning 1 to hear mənəm alsämmahum
I did not hear anything
direction →
meaning 2 to understand baynaggärutəm yəsämmutal
Though they do not speak (this language), they understand it
reference
comment The same meanings in Tigrinya sämʕe 'to hear, to listen, to understand' (KT 657)
NEW Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Arabela
lexeme tohiniu
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference <personally collected data>
comment

Rich R.G. Diccionario Arabela-Castellano Serie Lingüística Peruana, 1999. 433-434
ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Aranda
lexeme awe
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Evans, Wilkins 2000: 565
comment Ibarretxe-Antuñano 2008: 25
ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Avestan
lexeme uš-
meaning 1 hearing
meaning 2 undestanding, intelligence
reference
comment ЭСИЯ 1, 268
ACCEPTED Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Bandjalangic
lexeme gannga-
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Evans, Wilkins 2000: 569
comment Ibarretxe-Antuñano 2008: 25
NEW Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Batsbi
lexeme jeplar
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Mikeladze, Gigashvili 2012: 384
comment
NEW Realization 9
type Polysemy
language Batsbi
lexeme xac̣ar
meaning 1 to hear
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Bertlani (ed.) 2018: 211
comment
NEW Realization 10
type Polysemy
language Chukchee
lexeme валёмык
meaning 1 to hear
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Moll, Inènlikèj 1957: 19
comment
NEW Realization 11
type Polysemy
language Dinka
lexeme piŋ
meaning 1 to hear
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Blench 2005: 144
comment
NEW Realization 12
type Polysemy
language Doromu-Koki
lexeme yora
meaning 1 listening
direction →
meaning 2 undertanding
reference Bradshaw 2021: 224
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 13
type Polysemy
language Even
lexeme долдъ-
meaning 1 to hear
meaning 2 to understand
reference
comment ТМС, 1, 214-215
ACCEPTED Realization 14
type Cognates
language 1 French
language 2 Spanish
lexeme 1 entendre
lexeme 2 entender
meaning 1 to hear J'entends pleurer dans la pièce à côté.
I can hear someone cry in the next room.
direction —
meaning 2 to understand, to be knowledgeable
reference
comment ###проверить грузинский
ACCEPTED Realization 15
type Polysemy
language French
lexeme entendre
meaning 1 to hear J'entends pleurer dans la pièce à côté.
I can hear someone cry in the next room.
direction →
meaning 2 to understand C'est ainsi que j'entends la vie.
This is how I understand life.
reference Vanhove 2008: 348
comment
NEW Realization 16
type Derivation
language Gamilaraay
lexeme 1 winanga-li
lexeme 2 winanga-y
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Ash et al. 2003: 143
comment
NEW Realization 17
type Polysemy
language Gbaya
lexeme ze -a
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Huntley: 117
comment
NEW Realization 18
type Polysemy
language Guahibo (Sikuaani)
lexeme jumetane
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand


reference <personally collected data>
comment

Quexalos F. Diccionaria sikuami-espanol  Universidad de Los Andes 83
NEW Realization 19
type Polysemy
language Hawu (Sabu)
lexeme rəŋi
meaning 1 to hear
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 20
type Polysemy
language Hungarian
lexeme hall
meaning 1 to hear / to listen

Még a légy döngését is hallani lehetett.


You could even hear the fly buzzing.
direction →
meaning 2 to understand

Hallod, amit mondok? Hallom.


Do you understand what I say? I understand.
reference MEK 1978
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 21
type Polysemy
language Itelmen
lexeme элфсэс
meaning 1 to listen т'илфсəзвин
I am listening to you
direction —
meaning 2 to understand мил̹ мизвинк ттэ'ан крвэл̹хатас илфсқзузнэн
Here all people understand Russian
reference Volodin, Xalojmova 1989: 119 PIRS: 65
comment
NEW Realization 22
type Polysemy
language Kawaiisu
lexeme naɣa-
meaning 1 to hear
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Zigmond, Booth & Munro 1991: 236
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 23
type Polysemy
language Kayardild
lexeme marrija
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Evans, Wilkins 2000: 567
comment
NEW Realization 24
type Polysemy
language Khmer
lexeme sdap (ស្ដាប់)
meaning 1 to listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand (spoken language)
reference SEAlang Khmer
comment
NEW Realization 25
type Polysemy
language Khoekhoe
lexeme ǁnâu
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Haacke Khoekhoe 2002: 287
comment

Also the same semantic shift in compunds: 

ǁnâuǃā, ǁnâuhō
NEW Realization 26
type Polysemy
language Koasati
lexeme há:lon
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference <personally collected data>
comment

Geoffrey D. Kimball; Bel Abbey; Martha John; Ruth Poncho Koasati Dictionary 1994 https://archive.org/details/koasatidictionar00kimb 57
NEW Realization 27
type Derivation
language Kora
lexeme 1 ǁnãu
lexeme 2 ǁnãuǃ’ā
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Du Plessis 2018 on Kora language: 307
comment
NEW Realization 28
type Polysemy
language Koreguaje
lexeme asamʉ
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference <personally collected data>
comment

Cook D.M., Gralow F.L. Diccionario bilingüe Koreguaje-Español Español Koreguaje Editorial Alberto Lleras Camargo, 2001. 30
ACCEPTED Realization 29
type Polysemy
language Koryak
lexeme валомык
meaning 1 to listen
direction —
meaning 2 to understand
reference
comment КорРС 13
ACCEPTED Realization 30
type Polysemy
language Kukatja
lexeme kulila
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Evans, Wilkins 2000: 569
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 31
type Polysemy
language Kunwinjku
lexeme bekkan
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand (a language)
reference Evans, Wilkins 2000: 568
comment
NEW Realization 32
type Polysemy
language Luiseño
lexeme náqma
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Elliott 1999: 592
comment
NEW Realization 33
type Polysemy
language Matsés (Mayoruna)
lexeme tantia
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference <personally collected data>
comment

Fleck Zuazo D.W., Uaquí Bëso F.Sh., Jiménez Huanán D.M. Diccionario Matsés-Castellano con Índice Alfabético Castellano-Matsés e Índice Semántico Castellano-Matsés Imprenta Gráfica “Daniela“, 2012 206
NEW Realization 34
type Polysemy
language Nez Perce (Nimipuutímt)
lexeme micí
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Aoki 1994: 443
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 35
type Polysemy
language Ngalakgan
lexeme banarr-
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Evans, Wilkins 2000: 569
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 36
type Polysemy
language Ngalkbun
lexeme wonan
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Evans, Wilkins 2000: 567
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 37
type Polysemy
language Nganasan
lexeme дильситiси
meaning 1 to listen
direction —
meaning 2 to understand
reference NMS: 436 Kosterkina, Momde, Ždanova 2001: 41
comment
NEW Realization 38
type Polysemy
language Palana
lexeme valom-
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Fortescue 2005: 313
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 39
type Polysemy
language Palenquero
lexeme kuchá
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Vanhove 2008: 352
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 40
type Polysemy
language Pintupi-Luritja
lexeme kulinu
meaning 1 to hear
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Evans, Wilkins 2000: 569
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 41
type Polysemy
language Pitjantjatjara
lexeme kulini
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Ibarretxe-Antuñano 2008b: 25
comment Evans, Wilkins 2000
ACCEPTED Realization 42
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme слышать (slyšat')
meaning 1 to hear слышать смех
to hear laughter
direction —
meaning 2 to hear это якут, он по-русски не слышит; он не говорит по-коряцки, а слышит
He is Yakut, he does not understand Russian; he does not speak Koryak but he understands it.
reference
comment Lower Indigir idioms
NEW Realization 43
type Polysemy
language So (Uganda)
lexeme ɓuɓ
meaning 1 to hear
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Heine, Eithne 2010: 6
comment
NEW Realization 44
type Polysemy
language Sursurunga
lexeme tárma-i
meaning 1 to listen to
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Hutchisson and Hutchisson: 677
comment
NEW Realization 45
type Polysemy
language Swahili
lexeme sikia
meaning 1 to hear
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Polikanov
comment
NEW Realization 46
type Polysemy
language Telefol
lexeme tinágkam-in
meaning 1 to hear
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Healey & Healey 1977: 171, 284
comment
NEW Realization 47
type Polysemy
language Tem (Kotokoli)
lexeme nɩɩ́
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Abassa et al.: 309
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 48
type Polysemy
language Thao
lexeme t<un>maza
meaning 1 to hear, listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand (a language)
reference ACD
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 49
type Polysemy
language Tibetan
lexeme khums-pa
meaning 1 to hear, to listen
meaning 2 to know, to understand
reference
comment Рерих I, 276.
ACCEPTED Realization 50
type Polysemy
language Tundra Yukaghir
lexeme мөри-
meaning 1 to hear
direction —
meaning 2 to understand (language)
reference
comment Аникин 2000, 497
NEW Realization 51
type Polysemy
language Tundra Yukaghir
lexeme мөри-
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Kurilov 2001: 264
comment
NEW Realization 52
type Polysemy
language Udmurt
lexeme анланы
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction —
meaning 2 to understand
reference Kirillova 2008
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 53
type Polysemy
language Wagaya
lexeme larr-
meaning 1 to hear
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Evans, Wilkins 2000: 570
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 54
type Polysemy
language Warlpiri
lexeme purda-nyanyi
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Evans, Wilkins 2000: 570
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 55
type Polysemy
language Warluwara
lexeme rlari-
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Evans, Wilkins 2000: 553
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 56
type Polysemy
language Wik-Mungkan
lexeme ngeeyan
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Evans, Wilkins 2000: 567
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 57
type Polysemy
language Wubuy (Nunggubuyu)
lexeme wawangki-
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Evans, Wilkins 2000: 571
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 58
type Polysemy
language Yakut
lexeme isit-
meaning 1 to hear
meaning 2 to understand, to comprehend nūččaly istäγin duo?
Do you understand (lit. hear) Russian?
reference
comment Аникин 2000, 497. ЯРС 156.
NEW Realization 59
type Polysemy
language Yakut
lexeme иһит
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand (a language)

 нууччалыы истэҕин дуо?


do you understand Russian?
reference SakhaTyla.Ru
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 60
type Polysemy
language Yaqui (Hiaki)
lexeme hikka
meaning 1 to hear, listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Dictionary Yaqui: 46
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 61
type Polysemy
language Yawuru
lexeme langka-
meaning 1 to hear
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Evans, Wilkins 2000: 570
comment
NEW Realization 62
type Polysemy
language Yegha
lexeme ningári
meaning 1 to hear / to listen to
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Farr & Farr 2008: 361
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 63
type Polysemy
language Yupik
lexeme niiqur
meaning 1 to hear
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Vanhove 2008: 352
comment
NEW Realization 64
type Derivation
language Yuwaalaraay
lexeme 1 winanga-li
lexeme 2 winanga-y
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Ash et al. 2003: 143
comment
NEW Realization 65
type Derivation
language Yuwaalayaay
lexeme 1 winanga-li
lexeme 2 winanga-y
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction →
meaning 2 to understand
reference Ash et al. 2003: 143
comment

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