to hear / to listen to obey 237 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Abaza
Lexeme аздзыргIвра (azdʒərʕʷra)
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Tugov 1967
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Adyghe
Lexeme дэIон (dɜʾon)
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Txarkaxo 1991: 72
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Derivation
Language Akha
Lexeme 1 na-ha-neu
Lexeme 2 na-ha-geu-eu
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

Lewis Paul. Akha-English Dictionary Cornell University Press, 1968 215

ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language Akkadian
Lexeme šemû
Meaning 1 'to hear, to listen' petâma ul i-šem-ma-a uznāya
my ears are open but cannot hear
Direction
Meaning 2 'to comply, to obey' mimma ša tašapparu annikīam ḳubītka ša-me-am eleʔi
whatever you may order, I, here, am able to obey your command
Reference CAD
Comment CAD š 2, 277-283
ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Polysemy
Language Alabama
Lexeme haalo
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey (an order)
Reference Alabama dictionary
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language Albanian
Lexeme dëgjoj
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Tolovski, Illič-Svityč 1963
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7
Type Polysemy
Language Aleut
Lexeme tutaqagi-lix
Meaning 1 to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Bergsland 1994: 410
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 8
Type Polysemy
Language Alutor
Lexeme valum-
Meaning 1 to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Fortescue 2005: 313
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 9
Type Polysemy
Language Ambulas (Abelam)
Lexeme véknwu
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen to
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Kundama et al. 1987: 81
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 10
Type Polysemy
Language Ancient Greek
Lexeme ἀκούω
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey ἀκούει οὐδὲν οὐδεὶς οὐδενός
Nobody is subject to no one not in one thing ( Euripides, Cyclops, 5.230)
Reference LSJ: 53-54
Comment Also derivatives εἰσακούω, ἐσακούω, ἐπακούω, κατακούω, ὑπακούω with both meanings.
ACCEPTED Realization 11
Type Polysemy
Language Ancient Greek
Lexeme ἀΐω
Meaning 1 to perceive by the ear, to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference LSJ
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 12
Type Polysemy
Language Ancient Greek
Lexeme ἀκροάομαι
Meaning 1 to hearken, to listen to
Direction
Meaning 2 to attend to, to obey
Reference LSJ
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 13
Type Polysemy
Language Ancient Greek
Lexeme κλύω
Meaning 1 to hear, to give ear to, to attend to
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey “θυγατρὶ φίλῃ μάλα μὲν κλύον
(they) obeyed their dear daughter
Reference LSJ
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 14
Type Polysemy
Language Arabela
Lexeme tohiniu
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

Rich R.G. Diccionario Arabela-Castellano Serie Lingüística Peruana, 1999. 433-434

ACCEPTED Realization 15
Type Polysemy
Language Archi
Lexeme oj ačas
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Kibrik et al. (eds.) 1977: 287
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 16
Type Polysemy
Language Armenian
Lexeme lsel (լսել)
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Galstjan 1984
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 17
Type Polysemy
Language Arosi
Lexeme roŋo
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference ACD
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 18
Type Polysemy
Language Avar
Lexeme гІен тІанде
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3 Andalal dialect
ACCEPTED Realization 19
Type Polysemy
Language Avar
Lexeme гӀенеккизе
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3 East Gergebil and Salatav dialects
ACCEPTED Realization 20
Type Polysemy
Language Avar
Lexeme гӀинтӀамизе
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3 East Gergebil and Salatav dialects
ACCEPTED Realization 21
Type Polysemy
Language Bariai
Lexeme longo
Meaning 1 to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Gallagher 2008: 119-120
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 22
Type Polysemy
Language Batsbi
Lexeme larḳ ‘opar (‘epar)
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Bertlani (ed.) 2013: 54
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 23
Type Polysemy
Language Batsbi
Lexeme xac̣ar
Meaning 1 to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Bertlani (ed.) 2018: 211
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 24
Type Polysemy
Language Beja
Lexeme maasiw
Meaning 1 to hear, perceive
Direction
Meaning 2 to heed
Reference Vanhove 2008: 347
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 25
Type Polysemy
Language Beja
Lexeme sinaakir
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Vanhove 2008: 347
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 26
Type Polysemy
Language Belarusan
Lexeme слухаць
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen

слухаць радыё

Direction
Meaning 2 to obey

слухаць настаўніка

Reference Slounik.org
Comment
NEW Realization 27
Type Polysemy
Language Bengali
Lexeme śonā (শোনা)
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Biswas 2000: 955
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 28
Type Polysemy
Language Bezhta
Lexeme энекзи йахъал
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3 From Avar гӀенеккизе
ACCEPTED Realization 29
Type Polysemy
Language Bodoe
Lexeme zéi
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to follow advice
Reference Vanhove 2008: 353
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 30
Type Polysemy
Language Botlikh
Lexeme гьантІукІа рикки
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3 Miarso dialect
ACCEPTED Realization 31
Type Polysemy
Language Bughotu (Bugotu)
Lexeme va-roŋo
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference ACD
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 32
Type Polysemy
Language Bulgarian
Lexeme слушам
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey слушам баща си
to obey the father
Reference Bernštejn 1966: 617
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 33
Type Polysemy
Language Burmese
Lexeme nà
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey an order; listen to advice
Reference SEAlang Burmrse
Comment Also ná tʰaʊ̀̃ 'listen; obey or follow instructions'
ACCEPTED Realization 34
Type Polysemy
Language Buru
Lexeme čaa-n
Meaning 1 hear
Direction
Meaning 2 obey
Reference Haser 2000: 176
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 35
Type Polysemy
Language Buyang
Lexeme ta.0 ŋu:i.33
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3 Ecun dialect
ACCEPTED Realization 36
Type Derivation
Language Cabécar
Lexeme 1 kugö
Lexeme 2 tté kugö
Meaning 1 to heed, to pay attencion; ear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Peña Enrique 1989: 3980, 6690, 6691, 6697, 6698
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 37
Type Polysemy
Language Cape Verdean Creole
Lexeme obi, uví
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

From Portuguese ouvir 'to hear'

Brüser, Martina; dos Reis Santos, André; Lang, Jürgen (2002) Dicionário do Crioulo da Ilha de Santiago (Cabo Verde) : com equivalentes de tradução em alemão e português / Wörterbuch des Kreols der Insel Santiago (Kapverde)
Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

ACCEPTED Realization 38
Type Polysemy
Language Catalan
Lexeme escoltar
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference DIEC2
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 39
Type Polysemy
Language Catuquina (Kanamarí)
Lexeme nĩka-
Meaning 1 to listen, to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 40
Type Polysemy
Language Cavineña
Lexeme baka-ya
Meaning 1 to listen, to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 41
Type Polysemy
Language Chácobo
Lexeme nika-
Meaning 1 to listen, to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 42
Type Polysemy
Language Chamalal
Lexeme woɬuk'la
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Magomedova 1999: 110
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 43
Type Polysemy
Language Chechen
Lexeme ладōгIа
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

стр. 267

ACCEPTED Realization 44
Type Derivation
Language Chiapas Zoque (Copainalá Zoque)
Lexeme 1 myatoŋu
Lexeme 2 myato'ŋoyu
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference García et al. 1981: 80, 342
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 45
Type Polysemy
Language Chorote (Iyo'wujwa Chorote)
Lexeme -kyuwa
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 46
Type Polysemy
Language Chuvash
Lexeme итле
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen

радио итле


to listen to the radio

Direction
Meaning 2 to obey

вăл ман сăмаха итлемест


He does not obey me

Reference Электронлă сăмахсар
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 47
Type Polysemy
Language Classical Arabic
Lexeme samiʕa
Meaning 1 to hear, listen samiʕtu lahu ṣawt-an
I heard him utter, or produce, a sound
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey ʔinnī ʔāmantu bi-rabb-i-kum fa-smaʕū-ni
I believe in your Lord, and do ye obey me
Reference BK: I 1139
Comment Lane 1527
ACCEPTED Realization 48
Type Polysemy
Language Coast Tsimshian (Shm’algyack)
Lexeme amuks
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

Dunn John Asher. A Practical Dictionary of the Coast Tsimshian Language  Language National Museum of Man, 1978 6

amooksh in Roberts Donna May. Dictionary of Shm’algyack Sealaska Heritage Institute, 2009 4

ACCEPTED Realization 49
Type Derivation
Language Coatlan Mixe
Lexeme 1 mɨdoogugɨ'
Lexeme 2 capxymɨdoou
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

Hoogshagen H., Hoogshagen S. Diccionario mixe de Coatlán, Oaxaca Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas "Mariano Silva y Aceves", 1993 309

ACCEPTED Realization 50
Type Polysemy
Language Cofán
Lexeme 'paɲa-ɲe
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 51
Type Polysemy
Language Colorado (Tsafiki)
Lexeme me'ra-no
Meaning 1 to listen, to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 52
Type Polysemy
Language Cook Islands Maori (Rarotongan)
Lexeme aka-roŋo
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference ACD
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 53
Type Polysemy
Language Croatian
Lexeme slušati
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen slušati govor, zvukove
to hear speech, sounds
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference HJP
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 54
Type Polysemy
Language Cubeo
Lexeme 1 jápiayʉ
Lexeme 2 jápiarĩ yʉ ayʉ
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Morse et al. 1999: 148
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 55
Type Polysemy
Language Czech
Lexeme poslouchati
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Kopeckij 1976: 2, 89
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 56
Type Polysemy
Language Dakota
Lexeme naḣóŋ
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

Rankin R., Carter, R., Jones A., Koontz J., Rood D., Hartmann I. Comparative Siouan Dictionary Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. 2015 473

a-na'-go-ptaŋ in Riggs S.R. A Dakota-English Dictionary Minnesota Historical Society Press, St. Paul, 1992 34

ACCEPTED Realization 57
Type Derivation
Language Dinka
Lexeme 1 piŋ
Lexeme 2 wɛt piŋ
Meaning 1 to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Blench 2005: 144
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 58
Type Polysemy
Language Djabugay
Lexeme bina warray
Meaning 1 ear bad
Direction
Meaning 2 disobedient
Reference Haser 2000: 176
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 59
Type Polysemy
Language Doromu-Koki
Lexeme neidena
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Bradshaw 2021: 141
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 60
Type Polysemy
Language Doromu-Koki
Lexeme yora
Meaning 1 listening
Direction
Meaning 2 obedient
Reference Bradshaw 2021: 224
Comment

yora nina 'to obey'

ACCEPTED Realization 61
Type Polysemy
Language Dutch
Lexeme luisteren
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Mironov 1987
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 62
Type Polysemy
Language Eastern Canadian Inuktitut
Lexeme naalak
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Vanhove 2008: 347
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 63
Type Polysemy
Language Egyptian
Lexeme sdm
Meaning 1 hear
Direction
Meaning 2 obey
Reference Haser 2000: 176
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 64
Type Polysemy
Language Ekari (Kapauku)
Lexeme juwii
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

Doble Marion. Kapauku-Malayan-Dutch-English Dictionary The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1960 25

ACCEPTED Realization 65
Type Polysemy
Language Embera
Lexeme ũ'rĩ-
Meaning 1 to listen, to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 66
Type Polysemy
Language Erzya
Lexeme кунсоломс
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey кунсоломс ялгань советэнть
to follow a friend's advice
Reference Serebrennikov et al. 1993: 315
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 67
Type Polysemy
Language Even
Lexeme долдъ-
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference SSTM: 1, 214-215
Comment The same in Evenki, Nanai, in Jurchen it is the derived verb that has meaning B. In Ulcha and Orok there is only meaning A, but there are derived words meaning 'obedient'.
ACCEPTED Realization 68
Type Polysemy
Language Farsi
Lexeme شنیدن šenidan
Meaning 1 hearing شنونده šenavande
listener
Direction
Meaning 2 obedience
Reference
Comment ПРС 519.
ACCEPTED Realization 69
Type Polysemy
Language Fataluku
Lexeme vari
Meaning 1 to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Nácher 2012: 279
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 70
Type Polysemy
Language Fijian
Lexeme vaka-ro-roŋo
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference ACD
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 71
Type Polysemy
Language Finnish
Lexeme kuulla
Meaning 1 hear kuulla huonosti
hard to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 obey kuulla vanhempiaan
to obey the parents
Reference Vahros, Ščerbakov 2007: 282
Comment Haser 2000, 176
ACCEPTED Realization 72
Type Polysemy
Language Francisco León Zoque
Lexeme myanu
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Engel & Engel 1987: 97-98, 303
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 73
Type Polysemy
Language Gagauz
Lexeme sesle-
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to heed (smn's advice)
Reference Gajdarži et al. 1973: 413
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 74
Type Derivation
Language Gbaya
Lexeme 1 ze -a
Lexeme 2 ze -a mbɔla
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Huntley: 117, 193
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 75
Type Polysemy
Language Geez
Lexeme samʕa
Meaning 1 to hear, hear of ba-kama samāʕkəmu ba-ʔəzani-kəmu
as you heard with your ears
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey, be obedient ʔi-samʕu ḥəggo
they did not obey his law
Reference LLA: 336-337
Comment For Arabic and Akkadian cf. other examples in the same shift. Cf. also Jewish Aramaic šmʕ 'to hear; to obey' (Sokoloff JPA 558).
ACCEPTED Realization 76
Type Polysemy
Language Gela (Nggela)
Lexeme roŋo-vi
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference ACD
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 77
Type Polysemy
Language German
Lexeme hören
Meaning 1 to hear, to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey auf j-n hören
to obey to smn
Reference Moskal'skaja (ed.) 2001
Comment Also horchen 'to listen' and gehorchen 'to obey'
ACCEPTED Realization 78
Type Polysemy
Language Gilbertese
Lexeme oŋo
Meaning 1 to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference ACD
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 79
Type Polysemy
Language Gizzra
Lexeme bóktan amoan
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

'hold talk'

Van Bodegraven Nico, van Bodegraven Elly. Gizrra-English Dictionary 9

ACCEPTED Realization 80
Type Polysemy
Language Greenlandic Inuit
Lexeme naala(k)
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Vanhove 2008: 347
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 81
Type Derivation
Language Guahibo (Sikuaani)
Lexeme 1 jumetane
Lexeme 2 jumekawünüta
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

Quexalos F. Diccionaria sikuami-espanol  Universidad de Los Andes 83, 166

ACCEPTED Realization 82
Type Derivation
Language Guarani
Lexeme 1 (a)hendu
Lexeme 2 (a)hendu iñe'ê
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

 Guasch A. Diccionario castellano-guaraní, guaraní-castellano Asunción: Centro de Estudios Paraguayos Antonio Guasch, 1998 353

ACCEPTED Realization 83
Type Derivation
Language Gugu-yimidjir
Lexeme 1 milga
Lexeme 2 milga-dhirr
Meaning 1 ear
Direction
Meaning 2 obedient
Reference Haser 2000: 176
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 84
Type Polysemy
Language Haddiya
Lexeme macceesukko
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

Ritter Stefan. Hadiyyisa-English Dictionary 96

ACCEPTED Realization 85
Type Polysemy
Language Hausa
Lexeme ji
Meaning 1 heard
Direction
Meaning 2 obeyed
Reference Haser 2000: 176
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 86
Type Polysemy
Language Hawaiian
Lexeme hoʔo-lono
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference ACD
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 87
Type Polysemy
Language Hopi
Lexeme tuuqay
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Hill 1998: 687
Comment

 

ACCEPTED Realization 88
Type Polysemy
Language Hungarian
Lexeme hallgat
Meaning 1 to listen zeneszámot hallgatni
to listen to a piece of music
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey nem hallgat senkire
he does not obey anyone
Reference Гальди 1974: 284
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 89
Type Polysemy
Language Ilocano
Lexeme dengngeg
Meaning 1 to listen, pay attention to; hence
Direction
Meaning 2 to heed, obey
Reference SEAlang Ilocano
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 90
Type Derivation
Language Indonesian
Lexeme 1 dengar
Lexeme 2 mendengarkan
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to listen to; to obey, comply with
Reference SEALang Indonesia
Comment Also dengar-dengaran 'to like to listen', 'as if one hears something, to hear something vaguely, think one hears something', 'to listen to each other', 'to listen (to), obey'
ACCEPTED Realization 91
Type Polysemy
Language Ingush
Lexeme ладувгIа
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 92
Type Polysemy
Language Italian
Lexeme ascoltàre
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Vocabolario Treccani
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 93
Type Polysemy
Language Itelmen
Lexeme элфскас
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Volodin, Xalojmova 1989: 204 PIRS: 65
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 94
Type Polysemy
Language Japanese
Lexeme kiku (聞く)
Meaning 1 hear Karera wa sono nyūsu o kiite odoroita (彼らはそのニュースを聞いて驚いた)
They were surprised to hear the news.
Direction
Meaning 2 obey hito-no iu koto-o kikanai
not to take other people into account, not to listen to other people's advice
Reference Haser 2000: 176
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 95
Type Polysemy
Language Kabyle
Lexeme ssefled
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

Dallet J.-M. Dictionnaire Kabyle-Français: Parler Des Ait Mangellat (Algérie) Paris: Societe d'Etudes Linguistiques et Anthropologiques, 1982. Dallet J.M. II Dictionnaire français-kabyle. Parler des At Mangellat, Algérie Paris: Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique - SELAF, Société d’études linguistiques et anthropologiques de France, 1985

ACCEPTED Realization 96
Type Polysemy
Language Kanuri
Lexeme fàntə́
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference World Loanword Database
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 97
Type Polysemy
Language Karaim
Lexeme тынъла-
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference KRPS: 558
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 98
Type Polysemy
Language Karelian
Lexeme kuunnella
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen

kuuntelen rativuo


I listen to the radio

Direction
Meaning 2 to obey

lapsi kuuntelou


the child obeys

Reference Zajkov, Rugoeva 1999: 74
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 99
Type Polysemy
Language Kashinawa
Lexeme ninka
Meaning 1 to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Carling (ed.) 2017
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 100
Type Polysemy
Language Kaulong
Lexeme hul ßet
Meaning 1 hear under
Direction
Meaning 2 obey
Reference Haser 2000: 176
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 101
Type Polysemy
Language Khmer
Lexeme sdap (ស្ដាប់)
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference SEAlang Khmer
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 102
Type Polysemy
Language Kichwa
Lexeme uyana
Meaning 1 to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference World Loanword Database
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 103
Type Polysemy
Language Kiribati
Lexeme oŋo taeka
Meaning 1 hear the word
Direction
Meaning 2 obey
Reference Haser 2000: 176
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 104
Type Polysemy
Language Koasati
Lexeme há:lon
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

Geoffrey D. Kimball; Bel Abbey; Martha John; Ruth Poncho Koasati Dictionary 1994 https://archive.org/details/koasatidictionar00kimb 57

ACCEPTED Realization 105
Type Polysemy
Language Kombio
Lexeme eipm
Meaning 1 to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Farr: 48
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 106
Type Derivation
Language Komi
Lexeme 1 кывзыны
Lexeme 2 кывзысьны
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen радио кывзыны
listen to the radio
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey кывзысьны гырысьяслысь
obey the elders
Reference КомиРС
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 107
Type Polysemy
Language Korean
Lexeme tut-
Meaning 1 to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Haser 2000: 176
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 108
Type Polysemy
Language Koryak
Lexeme валомык
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Moll 1960: 13
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 109
Type Polysemy
Language Kukatja
Lexeme kulila
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Evans, Wilkins 2000: 569
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 110
Type Polysemy
Language Kumyk
Lexeme тынгламакъ
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3 Ter Bragun dialect
ACCEPTED Realization 111
Type Polysemy
Language Kurux
Lexeme mennā (meńj-)
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference DEDR: 502
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 112
Type Polysemy
Language Lakota
Lexeme anagoptan, anongoptan
Meaning 1 to listen to
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

Also anakogoptan 'to listen, to obey'

Buechel Eugene, Manhart Paul. Lakota Dictionary. Lakota-English & English-Lakota University of Nebraska Press, 2002 485

ACCEPTED Realization 113
Type Polysemy
Language Lao
Lexeme fáŋ
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference SEAlang Lao
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 114
Type Polysemy
Language Lardil
Lexeme merri
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey, pay heed to
Reference Evans, Wilkins 2000: 567
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 115
Type Polysemy
Language Latin
Lexeme audio, -īre
Meaning 1 to listen, to hear Saepe hoc majores natu dicere audivi.
I used to hear it from elder people.
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey, pay attention to currus non audit habenas.
chariot doesn't obey the reins.
Reference Glare
Comment Also both meanings in derivative oboedire [ob + audire]. From oboedio are descended Italian ubbidire and obbedire, Friulian ubidî, Old French obeir (Modern French obéir). Old French > Anglo-Norman obeir, obeier > Middle English obeyen > Modern English obey. Spanish and Portugal obedecer from Vulgar Latin *oboedescere, present active infinitive of *oboedesceō, from Latin oboedire.
ACCEPTED Realization 116
Type Polysemy
Language Latin
Lexeme ausculto, -āre
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen (esp. attentively)
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Glare
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 117
Type Polysemy
Language Lezgian
Lexeme яб гун
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference LezgRus
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 118
Type Polysemy
Language Limburgish
Lexeme loestere
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference De Limburgse Wiktionair
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 119
Type Polysemy
Language Lithuanian
Lexeme klausýti
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference LRŽ
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 120
Type Polysemy
Language Lower Sorbian
Lexeme słuchaś
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
NEW Realization 121
Type Polysemy
Language Ludic Karelian
Lexeme kuundelta
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Pahomov 2022: 342
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 122
Type Polysemy
Language Luganda
Lexeme ku wuliragana
Meaning 1 to hear one another
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey one another
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

ku wulira v. hear; listen. feel; perceive (by the senses)

Kirembwe Rashid Abdul Hamed, Mohammad Najib Bin Jaffar, Hishomudin Bin Ahmad The Elementary Dictionary Luganda-English-Arabic 963

ACCEPTED Realization 123
Type Polysemy
Language Luiseño
Lexeme náqma
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Elliott 1999: 592
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 124
Type Polysemy
Language Luobohe Miao
Lexeme nông lô
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

Savina F.M. Dictionnaire miao-tseu-français, précédé d'un précis de grammaire miao-tseu et suivi d'un vocabulaire franoaismiao- tseu 85

ACCEPTED Realization 125
Type Polysemy
Language Macedonian
Lexeme sluša
Meaning 1 to hear, to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Tolovski, Illič-Svityč 1963: 468
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 126
Type Polysemy
Language Mamaindé (Northern Nambikwara)
Lexeme na'katagu
Meaning 1 to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Carling (ed.) 2017
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 127
Type Polysemy
Language Mamaindé (Northern Nambikwara)
Lexeme nakani
Meaning 1 to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Carling (ed.) 2017
Comment CLICS-3 Latundê dialect
ACCEPTED Realization 128
Type Derivation
Language Manam
Lexeme 1 loŋo
Lexeme 2 loŋor-i
Meaning 1 to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to listen, to obey
Reference ACD
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 129
Type Polysemy
Language Manchu
Lexeme donjibu-
Meaning 1 let someone hear
Direction
Meaning 2 obey
Reference Haser 2000: 176
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 130
Type Polysemy
Language Mandarin Chinese
Lexeme 1 tīng (听)
Lexeme 2 tīng
Meaning 1 to listen Tīng yīnyuè (听音乐)
listen to music
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey Wǒ zuótiān qīn quàn quàn tā ya, tā háishì bù tīng (我昨天亲劝劝他呀, 他还是不听)
I persuaded him three times yesterday, but he still does not obey
Reference BKRS: 14510
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 131
Type Polysemy
Language Mansi
Lexeme хӯнтлуӈкве
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Afanas'eva, Sobjanina 2012
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 132
Type Polysemy
Language Maori
Lexeme whakarongo
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference MD
Comment From rongo ' to hear, feel, smell, taste, perceive - used for all the senses except sight'
ACCEPTED Realization 133
Type Polysemy
Language Marathi
Lexeme aikṇe (ऐकणे)
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Molesworth 1857
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 134
Type Polysemy
Language Masai
Lexeme a-níŋ
Meaning 1 to hear

áníŋítò ɔlŋátúny eipúrr


I am hearing a lion roar.

Direction
Meaning 2 to obey

éníŋ ɛnkɛráí mɛnyɛ


A child obeys his/her father.

Reference Payne, Ole-Kotikash 2008
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 135
Type Polysemy
Language Meadow Mari
Lexeme колышташ
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen шӱшпык мурым колышташ
listen to nightingale singing
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey Тудын (Толян) ачаже уке. Мӧҥгыштӧ аважым ок колышт.
Tolya has no father. At home, he does not obey his mother.
Reference Marij jylme muter
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 136
Type Polysemy
Language Mocoví
Lexeme n-aʔʁa-yaʁan
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 137
Type Derivation
Language Modern Greek
Lexeme 1 ακούω
Lexeme 2 υπακούω
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey

Εκείνα τα παιδιά δεν υπακούνε ποτέ τους γονείς τους.


Those children never obey their parents.

Reference DSMG
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 138
Type Polysemy
Language Modern Mon
Lexeme kəlɛŋ (ကလၚ်)
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen

ဗှေ် မိက်ဂွံ ကလၚ် ဒွက် မန် ဟာ


would you like to listen to some Mon songs?

Direction
Meaning 2 to obey

ဒး ကလၚ် အသမ် သၟီ တံ ရောၚ်


one has to obey government regulations, I suppose

Reference SEAlang Mon
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 139
Type Polysemy
Language Moksha
Lexeme кулхцондомс
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen

Озак сяда малав и кулхцонтт, мезе иейть мон азан... (С. Ларионов, Лямбе кядьса)


Sit closer and listen to what I tell you...

Direction
Meaning 2 to obey

Кулхцондозе Максакась Крысать и кати-кода, кодак аньцек кизось сась, сокор варястонза валдоняти лиссь (М. Бебан, Кенди медь)


The Mole obeyed of the Rat , and as soon as summer came, he came out of a hole into the light

Reference Serebrennikov et al. 1998
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 140
Type Derivation
Language Mongolian (Khalkha)
Lexeme 1 дуулах
Lexeme 2 үг дуулах
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference BAMRS 2001-2002
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 141
Type Polysemy
Language Nahuatl
Lexeme caqui
Meaning 1 hear
Direction
Meaning 2 obey
Reference Haser 2000: 176
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 142
Type Derivation
Language Nandi
Lexeme 1 kegas
Lexeme 2 kegas it
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

Tapsubei Jane, Creider J.T., Creider C.A. A Dictionary of the Nandi Language Köln: Rüdiger Köppe-Verlag, 2001 107-108

ACCEPTED Realization 143
Type Derivation
Language Naxi
Lexeme 1 komi
Lexeme 2 geezheeq komi
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

孙堂茂 纳西汉英词典 Sun Tangmao (ed.) Naxi-Chinese-English dictionary homas M. Pinson. — 昆明:云南民族出版社,2012 217

ACCEPTED Realization 144
Type Polysemy
Language Nehan (Nissan)
Lexeme loŋor
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference ACD
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 145
Type Polysemy
Language Nepali
Lexeme kuraa khaanu
Meaning 1 to listen to
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Schmidt 1994: 111, 130
Comment Also kuraa nibhaaunu 'to listen to, to obey' Schmidt 1994 348
ACCEPTED Realization 146
Type Polysemy
Language Nepali
Lexeme gannu
Meaning 1 to listen to
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Schmidt 1994: 143
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 147
Type Polysemy
Language Nepali
Lexeme mānnu
Meaning 1 to listen to
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Schmidt 1994: 517
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 148
Type Polysemy
Language Nez Perce (Nimipuutímt)
Lexeme micí
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Aoki 1994: 443
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 149
Type Polysemy
Language Nganasan
Lexeme дильситiси
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference NMS: 436 Kosterkina, Momde, Ždanova 2001: 41
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 150
Type Derivation
Language Nivkh
Lexeme 1 мыдь
Lexeme 2 мыр тохтть
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Savel'eva, Taksami 1970: 201
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 151
Type Polysemy
Language Ojibwe
Lexeme babAmitam
Meaning 1 I listen
Direction
Meaning 2 I obey
Reference Baraga 1853: 44
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 152
Type Polysemy
Language Old English
Lexeme ġehīeran
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 (with dative) to obey
Reference Bosworth, Toller
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 153
Type Polysemy
Language Otomi
Lexeme o̲de
Meaning 1 to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference World Loanword Database
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 154
Type Polysemy
Language Paamese
Lexeme loŋe
Meaning 1 hear
Direction
Meaning 2 obey
Reference Haser 2000: 176
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 155
Type Derivation
Language Paamese
Lexeme 1 loŋe
Lexeme 2 loŋ selūsien
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference ACD
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 156
Type Polysemy
Language Pacoh
Lexeme cammáng
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

Watson Richard, Watson Saundra, Canxóiq Cubuot. Pacoh-Vietnamese-English Dictionary SIL International, 2013 66

ACCEPTED Realization 157
Type Polysemy
Language Palana
Lexeme valom-
Meaning 1 to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Fortescue 2005: 313
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 158
Type Polysemy
Language Palauan
Lexeme or-reŋəs
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference ACD
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 159
Type Polysemy
Language Pashto
Lexeme nʿg̠ẖutal
Meaning 1 to listen to
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Raverty 1867: 981
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 160
Type Polysemy
Language Pintupi-Luritja
Lexeme kulinu
Meaning 1 to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Evans, Wilkins 2000: 569
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 161
Type Polysemy
Language Pitjantjatjara
Lexeme kulini
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to heed
Reference Evans, Wilkins 2000: 563
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 162
Type Polysemy
Language Polish
Lexeme słuchać
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference WSJP
Comment
NEW Realization 163
Type Polysemy
Language Portuguese
Lexeme ouvir
Meaning 1 to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference DPLP
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 164
Type Polysemy
Language Puluwat
Lexeme roŋ
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference ACD
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 165
Type Polysemy
Language Q'eqchi'
Lexeme ab'ink
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 166
Type Polysemy
Language Quechua
Lexeme uyariy
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 167
Type Polysemy
Language Rapanui
Lexeme haka roŋo
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 168
Type Polysemy
Language Rennellese
Lexeme haka-goŋo
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference ACD
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 169
Type Polysemy
Language Romanian
Lexeme a asculta
Meaning 1 to listen a asculta o operă
to listen to an opera
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey a asculta de părinţi, a asculta orbeşte
to obey parents, to follow like sheep
Reference DEX98
Comment DRRS 1, 142, DEX98
ACCEPTED Realization 170
Type Derivation
Language Russian
Lexeme 1 слушать (slušat')
Lexeme 2 слушаться (slušat'sja)
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Sweetser 1990: 35
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 171
Type Polysemy
Language Rutul
Lexeme хъацун / qacun
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen

концертехда хъацун / koncerteχda qacun


to listen to the concert

Direction
Meaning 2 to obey

дидыхда-ниныхда хъацун / didɨχda-ninɨχda qacun


to obey the parents

Reference Ismailova 2011: 282
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 172
Type Polysemy
Language Samoan
Lexeme faʔa-loŋo
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference ACD
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 173
Type Derivation
Language Selkup
Lexeme 1 ӱнголҗэ́шпэгу
Lexeme 2 ӱнголҗэмбэгý ~ ӱнгэлҗэмбэгу́
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen Чаптэ́п нагре́шпам, Ве́ркат лэ́рлап ӱнголҗэ́шпам
I am writing a fairy tale, listening to Vera's songs.
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey ӱнгэлҗэмбэгу́ элаве́м
to obey the parents
Reference Consolidated Selkup
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 174
Type Polysemy
Language Serbian
Lexeme слушати (slušati)
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen слушати звона
to hear ringing
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey слушати родитеље
to obey parents
Reference Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 1243
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 175
Type Polysemy
Language Shan
Lexeme tʰɔm2
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference SEAlang Shan
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 176
Type Polysemy
Language Shipibo-Conibo
Lexeme nincaquin
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

Loos E., Loos B. Diccionario capanahua-castellano Lima: Instituto lingüistico de verano, 2003 243

ACCEPTED Realization 177
Type Derivation
Language Shuar
Lexeme 1 ant-uk
Lexeme 2 antúr-ka
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Pellizaro, Náwech 2005: 137
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 178
Type Polysemy
Language Sindhi
Lexeme ٻُڌَڻُ
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

Parmanand Mewaram. A Sindhi-English dictionary. Hyderabad, Sind : The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society, 1910. 65

ACCEPTED Realization 179
Type Polysemy
Language So (Uganda)
Lexeme ɓuɓ
Meaning 1 to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Heine, Eithne 2010: 6
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 180
Type Polysemy
Language Sogdian
Lexeme ptγwš-
Meaning 1 to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference ESIJa: 3, 248
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 181
Type Polysemy
Language Somali
Lexeme 1 dhegeysasho
Lexeme 2 dheganuglaansho
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Alejnikov 2012: 92-93
Comment

Both from dheg 'ear'

ACCEPTED Realization 182
Type Derivation
Language Soteapanec (Sierra Popoluca)
Lexeme 1 imatoŋpa
Lexeme 2 matóŋóypa
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

Elson B., Gutiérrez D. Diccionario popoluca de la Sierra Veracruz Mexico: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, 1999 143, 154

ACCEPTED Realization 183
Type Polysemy
Language Surin Khmer (Northern Khmer)
Lexeme sdap
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 184
Type Derivation
Language Sursurunga
Lexeme 1 longra-i
Lexeme 2 longra pas-i
Meaning 1 to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Hutchisson and Hutchisson: 388
Comment

'hear get'

ACCEPTED Realization 185
Type Polysemy
Language Swahili
Lexeme sikia
Meaning 1 hear
Direction
Meaning 2 obey
Reference Haser 2000: 176
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 186
Type Polysemy
Language Swazi
Lexeme -láléla
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 187
Type Polysemy
Language Tahitian
Lexeme fa'aro'o
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey

'Ahiri 'oe i fa'aro'o i te parau a tō'oe metua vahine, e 'ore ïa 'oe e 'ati i teie nei mahana


Si tu avais obéi à ta mère, tu ne serais pas malheureux aujourd'hui

Reference Académie Tahitienne
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 188
Type Derivation
Language Tai Nuea (Dehong)
Lexeme 1 thɔm3
Lexeme 2 thɔm3 tsɔm2
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Luo Yongxian 1999: 191
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 189
Type Polysemy
Language Tal
Lexeme ƙhel shik
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

ƙhel 'to hear'

Bulkaam Michael, Blench Roger. A Dictionary of Tal, a West Chadic language of Nigeria 24

ACCEPTED Realization 190
Type Polysemy
Language Tamang
Lexeme 1ngjan-pa
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Vanhove 2008: 347
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 191
Type Polysemy
Language Tamil
Lexeme kēḷ
Meaning 1 hear
Direction
Meaning 2 obey
Reference Haser 2000: 176
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 192
Type Polysemy
Language Tatar
Lexeme тыңлау
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Asylgaraev, Ganiev et al. (eds.) 2007: 2, 458
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 193
Type Polysemy
Language Telefol
Lexeme tinágkam-in
Meaning 1 to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Healey & Healey 1977: 171, 284
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 194
Type Polysemy
Language Telugu
Lexeme vinu
Meaning 1 hear
Direction
Meaning 2 obey
Reference Haser 2000: 176
Comment Also DEDR: 502 - vinu (viṇṭ-)
ACCEPTED Realization 195
Type Derivation
Language Tem (Kotokoli)
Lexeme 1 nɩɩ́
Lexeme 2 nɩɩnáa
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Abassa et al.: 309
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 196
Type Polysemy
Language Thai
Lexeme fang (ฟัง)
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference SEAlang Thai
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 197
Type Polysemy
Language Tigak
Lexeme loŋok
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference ACD
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 198
Type Polysemy
Language Tlingit
Lexeme x'éit
Meaning 1 to listen to
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

Edwards Keri. Dictionary of Tlingit Sealaska Heritage Institut, 2009 337

Twitchell X̱ʼunei Lance (ed.) Tlingit Dictionary 2nd edition. — University of Alaska 37

ACCEPTED Realization 199
Type Polysemy
Language Tolai (Kuanua)
Lexeme loŋor-oi
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference ACD
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 200
Type Polysemy
Language Tongan
Lexeme fanongo
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen

Fanongo ki he ipod.


Listen to an ipod.

Direction
Meaning 2 to obey

'oku totonu ke fanongo 'a e fanau ki he'enau ma'atua.


Children should listen to their parents.

Reference <personally collected data>
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 201
Type Derivation
Language Totontepec Mixe
Lexeme 1 motu
Lexeme 2 mumotu
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

Schoenhals A., Schoenhals L. Vocabulario mixe de Totontepec: Mixe - castellano, castellano — mixe Mexico: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, 1965 246-247

ACCEPTED Realization 202
Type Polysemy
Language Trukese (Chuukese)
Lexeme roŋ
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference ACD
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 203
Type Polysemy
Language Tsudakhar Dargwa
Lexeme лехӀахъиж
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3 Tanty subdialect
ACCEPTED Realization 204
Type Polysemy
Language Tundra Yukaghir
Lexeme мөри-
Meaning 1 to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Anikin 2000: 497 Kurilov 2001: 264
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 205
Type Derivation
Language Tunebo (Uwa)
Lexeme 1 rahcuinro
Lexeme 2 ajca rahcuinro
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Headland 1997: 158, 265
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 206
Type Polysemy
Language Turkish
Lexeme dinle-
Meaning 1 listen to, hear
Direction
Meaning 2 obey
Reference Haser 2000: 176
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 207
Type Derivation
Language Tuvaluan
Lexeme 1 loŋo
Lexeme 2 faka-loŋo
Meaning 1 to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference ACD
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 208
Type Polysemy
Language Tuvan
Lexeme дыңна-
Meaning 1 to listen, to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Tenišev 2008
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 209
Type Polysemy
Language Tzotzil
Lexeme ʻaʻik`op
Meaning 1 hear words
Direction
Meaning 2 be obedient
Reference Haser 2000: 176
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 210
Type Polysemy
Language Udihe
Lexeme дио̂иси-
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Simonov, Kyalundzyuga 1998: 305
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 211
Type Polysemy
Language Udmurt
Lexeme кылзыны
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Kirillova 2008
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 212
Type Polysemy
Language Uldeme (Ouldémé, Wuzlam)
Lexeme mǝbaraka slǝmay
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Kinnaird, Oumaté: 21
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 213
Type Polysemy
Language Venetian
Lexeme scoltar
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

Giuseppe Boerio (1900). Dizionario del dialetto veneziano. Venice: Filippi, G. Cecchini. http://www.linguaveneta.net/dizionario-del-dialetto-veneziano-di-giuseppe-boerio/

ACCEPTED Realization 214
Type Derivation
Language Ventureño
Lexeme 1 itaq
Lexeme 2 itaqyəw
Meaning 1 by hearing
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Henry-Rodriguez 2019: 181
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 215
Type Polysemy
Language Veps
Lexeme kundouda
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Zajceva, Mullonen 1972: 246
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 216
Type Polysemy
Language Vietnamese
Lexeme nghe
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference SEAlang Vietnamese
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 217
Type Derivation
Language Vitu (Witu, Muduapa)
Lexeme 1 loŋor-ia
Lexeme 2 loŋor-ia polea
Meaning 1 to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey, agree, follow the advice
Reference ACD
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 218
Type Polysemy
Language Waurá
Lexeme eteme
Meaning 1 to listen, to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 219
Type Polysemy
Language Wayan (Western Fijian)
Lexeme vaka-roŋo
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference ACD
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 220
Type Polysemy
Language Western Abenaki
Lexeme gigiktam
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Day 1994: 199
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 221
Type Polysemy
Language Wik-Mungkan
Lexeme ngeeyan
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Evans, Wilkins 2000: 567
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 222
Type Polysemy
Language Winnebago
Lexeme hanaxgú
Meaning 1 to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

Helmbrecht Johannes, Lehmann Christian (eds.) Hocąk-English English-Hocąk Learner’s Dictionary Second Edition 44

ACCEPTED Realization 223
Type Derivation
Language Wolio
Lexeme 1 raŋo
Lexeme 2 raŋo-ni
Meaning 1 to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to listen to, to obey
Reference ACD
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 224
Type Polysemy
Language Xavante
Lexeme te wapa
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Hall et al. 1987: 107
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 225
Type Polysemy
Language Yagua
Lexeme tuwãču
Meaning 1 to listen, to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 226
Type Polysemy
Language Yakut
Lexeme иһит (ihit-)
Meaning 1 to listen, to hear истэрин истибитим
I did hear him
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey балта убайын истэр
The younger sister is listening to the elder brother
Reference Anikin 2000: 497 SakhaTyla.Ru
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 227
Type Polysemy
Language Yamdena
Lexeme n-deŋar
Meaning 1 to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to be obedient
Reference ACD
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 228
Type Polysemy
Language Yaminahua
Lexeme nika-kĩ
Meaning 1 to listen, to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 229
Type Polysemy
Language Yao (Iu Mien)
Lexeme mwavj
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Lombard 1968: 249
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 230
Type Polysemy
Language Yaqui (Hiaki)
Lexeme hikkaha
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen Ne chuu'uta voemta hikkahak.
I heard the dog barking
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey U ili o'ou a hikkahak.
The little boy obeyed him.
Reference Dictionary Yaqui: 46
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 231
Type Polysemy
Language Yedina (Buduma)
Lexeme həmaynî
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Shank et al.: 31
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 232
Type Polysemy
Language Yegha
Lexeme ningári
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen to
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference Farr & Farr 2008: 361
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 233
Type Polysemy
Language Yele (Rossel)
Lexeme ng:aa
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey

Lukwe dîy:o a dnye daa yi ng:aa?


Why don't they obey me?

Reference Henderson, Dobson 1994: 64
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 234
Type Polysemy
Language Yoruba
Lexeme gbóràn
Meaning 1 to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

Yai Olabiyi Babalola. Yoruba-English/English-Yoruba Concise Dictionary Hippocrene Books, 1996 49

ACCEPTED Realization 235
Type Polysemy
Language Yuwana (Hodï)
Lexeme ãku
Meaning 1 to hear / to listen
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3
ACCEPTED Realization 236
Type Polysemy
Language Zulu
Lexeme zwa
Meaning 1 hear
Direction
Meaning 2 obey
Reference Haser 2000: 176
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 237
Type Polysemy
Language Zuni
Lexeme hatiyāw-
Meaning 1 to listen, to hear
Direction
Meaning 2 to obey
Reference IDS
Comment CLICS-3