to see/to look at
→
to investigate/examine
5 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Geez | |
| Lexeme | ṭayyaḳa | |
| Meaning 1 | observe, look at, contemplate | wa-yəbelo ʔəgziʔabəḥer la-muse rad wa-ʔaydəʕomu la-ḥəzb ʔi-yəḳrabu ḫaba ʔəgziʔabəḥer la-ṭayyəḳo ‘and God said to Moses: go down and inform the people that they should not approach God in order to see (him)’ (Ex. 19:21) |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | examine, investigate strictly, explore | ḳədma ṭayəḳ wa-dəḫra təgeśśəṣ 'at first investigate and then you shall admonish' (Sir. 11:7); ṭayyaḳəwwo la-ʔaḥadu ʔəm-ʔəlla yəḳawwəmu ‘they investigated/inquired one from those who were standing’ (Dan. 7:16) |
| Reference | LGz.: 600; LLA 1245-1246 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | German | |
| Lexeme | betrachten | |
| Meaning 1 | to see/to look at | sich im Spiegel betrachten to look at oneself in the mirror |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to investigate/examine | Das Problem muss in Detail betrachtet werden. The problem needs to be looked at in detail. |
| Reference | Duden: 209 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Cognates | |
| Language 1 | Gondi | |
| Language 2 | Tamil | |
| Lexeme 1 | nāṛ- | |
| Lexeme 2 | nāṭu (nāṭi-) | |
| Meaning 1 | to see/to look at | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to seek, examine, investigate | |
| Reference | DEDR: 321 | |
| Comment | Gondi - the language variety with the mark: Go. (Ph. W.) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Sanskrit | |
| Lexeme | dṛś | |
| Meaning 1 | to see, look at, observe, view, behold, perceive | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to inspect, discover; to search, investigate, examine, decide | |
| Reference | Apte: 830 | |
| Comment | MW 491: to see, behold, look at, regard, consider; to see i.e. wait on; to see with the mind, learn, understand; to notice, care for, look into, try, examine | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tamil | |
| Lexeme | pār | |
| Meaning 1 | to see/to look at | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | to examine, inspect | |
| Reference | DEDR: 363 | |
| Comment | ||