can, to be able
→
to know
5 realizations
Multi-area
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | 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). | |
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Internal cognates | |
| language | German | |
| lexeme 1 | können | |
| lexeme 2 | kennen | |
| meaning 1 | can, to be able | ich komme, sobald ich kann I'll come as soon as I can. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to know | wir kennen diesen jungen Mann We know this young man |
| reference | DWDS | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Sumerian | |
| lexeme | zu | |
| meaning 1 | to be able to | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to know | |
| reference | ePSD2 | |
| comment | ||
Petrova 2006, sections 3, 4