to want to need 14 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme asfällägä
meaning 1 to have smb seek, desire or crave
direction
meaning 2 to be imperative, necessary
reference AED: 2269
comment The verb asfällägä is a causative from fällägä 'to want or desire smth.'.
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Derivation
language Chaha
lexeme 1 šä-m
lexeme 2 atšä-
meaning 1 to desire, want
direction
meaning 2 to be necessary, be in need for
reference EDG I: 106
comment The verb atšä- is causative from šä-m. The same derivational strategy in other Gunnän-Gurage languages (see EDG 570).
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Colorado (Tsafiki)
lexeme mu'na-ra-no
meaning 1 need, necessity
direction
meaning 2 desire, want
reference <personally collected data>
comment

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ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme to want
meaning 1 to want, desire They want us to finish the job in two weeks
direction
meaning 2 to be necessary The house wants redecoration
reference ABBYY LINGUO
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Derivation
language Geez
lexeme 1 ʔafḳada
lexeme 2 mafḳəd
meaning 1 to cause to want, desire za-ʔafḳadanni la-ḳatilotəka ‘that made me wish to kill you’ (LLA 1361)
direction
meaning 2 necessary ḳadāme kʷəllu mafḳədu la-sabʔ māy wa-ʔəsāt ‘First of all, the man needs water and fire’ (Sir 39:26) (LLA 1362-1363)
reference LLA: 1361-63
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Icelandic
lexeme vanta
meaning 1 (impersonal) to lack (usually translates "to need" or "to miss")

Mig vantar einhvern að kenna mér.


I need someone to teach me.

direction
meaning 2 to want
reference ISLEX
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Macushi
lexeme yuʔse
meaning 1 need, necessity
direction
meaning 2 desire, want
reference <personally collected data>
comment

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ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Negerhollands
lexeme maŋke
meaning 1 need, necessity
direction
meaning 2 desire, want
reference <personally collected data>
comment

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ACCEPTED Realization 9
type Semantic evolution
language 1 Old English
language 2 English
lexeme 1 wanten
lexeme 2 want
meaning 1 to be necessary

The house wants redecoration

direction
meaning 2 to wish for or desire (something)
reference OED
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 10
type Polysemy
language Southern Thai
lexeme tɔŋ.6 ka:n.2
meaning 1 need, necessity
direction
meaning 2 desire, want
reference <personally collected data>
comment

Songkhla variety

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ACCEPTED Realization 11
type Derivation
language Tigre
lexeme 1 ḥazā
lexeme 2 ʔatḥazā
meaning 1 to wish, to like
direction
meaning 2 to be necessary, to be due to
reference WTS: 92
comment The verb ʔatḥazā is causative from ḥazā.
ACCEPTED Realization 12
type Polysemy
language Tongan
lexeme fiemaʔu
meaning 1 need, necessity
direction
meaning 2 desire, want
reference <personally collected data>
comment

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ACCEPTED Realization 13
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme iste-
meaning 1 to want

iki tane çay istiyorum


I want two cups of tea.

direction
meaning 2 to need

1) cevap istemez

2) bir dili iyi öğrenmek için çok vakit ister


1) no need to answer
2) One need a lot of time to study a language properly

reference Baskakov 1977: 469
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 14
type Polysemy
language Tuyuca
lexeme bo'o
meaning 1 need, necessity
direction
meaning 2 desire, want
reference <personally collected data>
comment

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