can, to be able
→
to know
3 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Abkhaz | |
| lexeme | адырра (adərra) | |
| meaning 1 | to know | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | can, to be able | |
| reference | Genko 1998: 85 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Cognates | |
| language 1 | Amharic | |
| language 2 | Zway | |
| lexeme 1 | c̆alä | |
| lexeme 2 | čāl | |
| meaning 1 | to be able, can, be capable of | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to know | ʔēnɛ yɛbɛlɛyhum čāl he knows that he ate his dinner |
| reference | AED: 1004 EDG: 174 Meyer 2005: 286 | |
| comment | Goes back to root khl 'to be able, can' (EDG 173; 368). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Farsi | |
| lexeme | -دان dān- | |
| meaning 1 | to be able | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to know, to be informed | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ПРС 335. |
|
Petrova 2006, sections 3, 4