to hear / to listen to understand 102 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Akan
lexeme te
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand


reference <personally collected data>
comment

Kotey, Paul A. (1998), Twi-English/English-Twi Dictionary‎[1], New York: Hippocrene Books

Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1881), A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Tw̌i)‎[3], Basel, page 476

NEW Realization 2
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 3
type Polysemy
language Albanian
lexeme dëgjoj
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction
meaning 2 (colloquial) to understand
reference English Wiktionary
comment
NEW Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Aleut
lexeme tytɛlix
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference IDS CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Alutor
lexeme valum-
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference Fortescue 2005: 313
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6
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 7
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme ἀκούω
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference LSJ
comment
NEW Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme ἐπαΐω
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference LSJ
comment
NEW Realization 9
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 10
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 11
type Polysemy
language Avestan
lexeme uš-
meaning 1 hearing
meaning 2 undestanding, intelligence
reference
comment ЭСИЯ 1, 268
ACCEPTED Realization 12
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 13
type Polysemy
language Bangi (Bobangi)
lexeme yoka
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference <personally collected data>
comment
NEW Realization 14
type Polysemy
language Basque
lexeme aditu
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference NorthEuraLex CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 15
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 16
type Polysemy
language Batsbi
lexeme xac̣ar
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference Bertlani (ed.) 2018: 211
comment
NEW Realization 17
type Polysemy
language Burushaski
lexeme d̪jɛl
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference NorthEuraLex CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 18
type Polysemy
language Cashibo
lexeme kʷa-ti
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference IDS CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 19
type Polysemy
language Chácobo
lexeme nika-
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference IDS Carling (ed.) 2017 CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 20
type Polysemy
language Chorote (Iyo'wujwa Chorote)
lexeme -peʔyeʔ
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference IDS CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 21
type Polysemy
language Chukchee
lexeme валёмык
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference Moll, Inènlikèj 1957: 19
comment
NEW Realization 22
type Polysemy
language Dinka
lexeme piŋ
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference Blench 2005: 144
comment
NEW Realization 23
type Polysemy
language Doromu-Koki
lexeme yora
meaning 1 listening
direction
meaning 2 undertanding
reference Bradshaw 2021: 224
comment
NEW Realization 24
type Polysemy
language Doromu-Koki
lexeme neide-
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference TransNewGuinea.org CLICS-3
comment

Aramaika, Lofaika, and Bareika Dialects

NEW Realization 25
type Polysemy
language Epena (Eperara)
lexeme ũri
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference IDS CLICS-3
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 26
type Polysemy
language Even
lexeme долдъ-
meaning 1 to hear
meaning 2 to understand
reference
comment ТМС, 1, 214-215
ACCEPTED Realization 27
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
ACCEPTED Realization 28
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 29
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 30
type Polysemy
language Gbaya
lexeme ze -a
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference Huntley: 117
comment
NEW Realization 31
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 32
type Polysemy
language Hawu (Sabu)
lexeme rəŋi
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference ACD
comment
NEW Realization 33
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
NEW Realization 34
type Polysemy
language Italian
lexeme udìre
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction
meaning 2 (uncommon) to understand
reference Vocabolario Treccani
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 35
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 36
type Polysemy
language Japanese
lexeme kikitoru (聞き取る)
meaning 1 to catch (what people say)
direction
meaning 2 to understand (spoken language)
reference English Wiktionary
comment

NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary], Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc.,

NEW Realization 37
type Polysemy
language Kanuri
lexeme fàntə́
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference World Loanword Database
comment
NEW Realization 38
type Polysemy
language Kashmiri
lexeme bōzun (بوزُن)
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference English Wiktionary
comment
NEW Realization 39
type Polysemy
language Kawaiisu
lexeme naɣa-
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference Zigmond, Booth & Munro 1991: 236
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 40
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 41
type Polysemy
language Khmer
lexeme sdap (ស្ដាប់)
meaning 1 to listen
direction
meaning 2 to understand (spoken language)
reference SEAlang Khmer
comment
NEW Realization 42
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 43
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 44
type Polysemy
language Kolyma (Southern) Yukaghir
lexeme mœdi
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference NorthEuraLex CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 45
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 46
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 47
type Polysemy
language Koryak
lexeme валомык
meaning 1 to listen
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference
comment КорРС 13
NEW Realization 48
type Polysemy
language Kubachi
lexeme игъи
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference IDS CLICS-3
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 49
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 50
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 51
type Polysemy
language Latin
lexeme audio, audire
meaning 1 to hear, listen to
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference Lewis, Short
comment

Also exaudio, exaudire

NEW Realization 52
type Polysemy
language Lingala
lexeme -yoka
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference <personally collected data>
comment

Borrowed from Bangi yoka.

NEW Realization 53
type Polysemy
language Luiseño
lexeme náqma
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference Elliott 1999: 592
comment
NEW Realization 54
type Polysemy
language Maca (Maká)
lexeme -epiyeʔ
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference IDS CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 55
type Polysemy
language Mailu
lexeme naninani
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference TransNewGuinea.org CLICS-3
comment

Delebai Dialect


NEW Realization 56
type Polysemy
language Mapuche (Mapudungun)
lexeme allkün
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference World Loanword Database
comment
NEW Realization 57
type Polysemy
language Maria
lexeme nede-
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference TransNewGuinea.org CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 58
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 59
type Polysemy
language Megeb Darqwa
lexeme аргъес
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference IDS CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 60
type Polysemy
language Modern Greek
lexeme γροικώ
meaning 1 (Crete, Cyprus, Pontic) to hear
direction
meaning 2 (Crete, Cyprus, Pontic) to understand
reference DSMG
comment
NEW Realization 61
type Polysemy
language Modern Greek
lexeme γρικάω
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference DSMG
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 62
type Polysemy
language Nahuatl
lexeme caqui
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference <personally collected data>
comment Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002), Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz‎, 2nd electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 118, 168, 217, 232, 233, 249
NEW Realization 63
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 64
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 65
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 66
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 67
type Polysemy
language Otomi
lexeme o̲de
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference World Loanword Database
comment
NEW Realization 68
type Polysemy
language Palana
lexeme valom-
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference Fortescue 2005: 313
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 69
type Polysemy
language Palenquero
lexeme kuchá
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference Vanhove 2008: 352
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 70
type Polysemy
language Pintupi-Luritja
lexeme kulinu
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference Evans, Wilkins 2000: 569
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 71
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
NEW Realization 72
type Polysemy
language Quechua
lexeme uyay
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference English Wiktionary
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 73
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 74
type Polysemy
language So (Uganda)
lexeme ɓuɓ
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference Heine, Eithne 2010: 6
comment
NEW Realization 75
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 76
type Polysemy
language Swahili
lexeme sikia
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference Polikanov
comment
NEW Realization 77
type Polysemy
language Takia
lexeme -loŋ
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference World Loanword Database
comment
NEW Realization 78
type Polysemy
language Tauro-Romaic (Mariupol Greek)
lexeme грику
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference <personally collected data>
comment

A. A. Diamantopulo-Rionis with D. L. Demerdzhi, A. M. Davydova-Diamantopulo, A. A. Shapurma, R. S. Kharabadot and D. K. Patricha (2006), Румейско-русский и русско-румейский словарь пяти диалектов греков Приазовья, Mariupol

G. A. Animica; M. P. Galikbarova (2013), Румеку глоса‎, Donetsk, page 4

NEW Realization 79
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 80
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 81
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 82
type Polysemy
language Tibetan
lexeme khums-pa
meaning 1 to hear, to listen
meaning 2 to know, to understand
reference
comment Рерих I, 276.
NEW Realization 83
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 84
type Polysemy
language Tzotzil
lexeme 7a7i
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference World Loanword Database
comment

Zinacantán Tzotzil


NEW Realization 85
type Polysemy
language Udmurt
lexeme анланы
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference Kirillova 2008
comment
NEW Realization 86
type Polysemy
language Uighur
lexeme anglimaq (ئاڭلىماق)
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference <personally collected data>
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 87
type Polysemy
language Wagaya
lexeme larr-
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference Evans, Wilkins 2000: 570
comment
NEW Realization 88
type Polysemy
language Waorani
lexeme ẽyẽ
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference IDS CLICS-3
comment
NEW Realization 89
type Polysemy
language Waray
lexeme hibaró
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference SEAlang Waray SEAlang Waray
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 90
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 91
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 92
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 93
type Polysemy
language Wubuy (Nunggubuyu)
lexeme wawangki-
meaning 1 to hear / to listen
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference Evans, Wilkins 2000: 571
comment
NEW Realization 94
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
NEW Realization 95
type Polysemy
language Yaminahua
lexeme nika-kĩ
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference CLICS-3 IDS
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 96
type Polysemy
language Yaqui (Hiaki)
lexeme hikka
meaning 1 to hear, listen
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference Dictionary Yaqui: 46
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 97
type Polysemy
language Yawuru
lexeme langka-
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference Evans, Wilkins 2000: 570
comment
NEW Realization 98
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 99
type Polysemy
language Yupik
lexeme niiqur
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference Vanhove 2008: 352
comment
NEW Realization 100
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 101
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
NEW Realization 102
type Polysemy
language Yuwana (Hodï)
lexeme ãku
meaning 1 to hear
direction
meaning 2 to understand
reference IDS CLICS-3
comment