to see/to look at
→
to investigate/examine
6 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.) | |
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Khoekhoe | |
| lexeme | kō | |
| meaning 1 | to see/to look at | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to investigate/examine | ǀaedī-aob ge ti ǁgôab ai ha tsū!nâna ra kō The doctor examined the injuries on my arm. |
| reference | Haacke Khoekhoe 2002: 64 | |
| comment | Examples for polysemy realization are from the elicitations with Khoekhoe speakers, not from the Haacke dictionary. Also with reduplication - this realization is from Haacke, p. 64 kōkō - look at (s.) closely, examine (s.th.) in detail, scrutinise |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tamil | |
| lexeme | pār | |
| meaning 1 | to see/to look at | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to examine, inspect | |
| reference | DEDR: 363 | |
| comment | ||