to find to meet 10 realizations Multi-area
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Akkadian
lexeme atû
meaning 1 to meet sūḳa abāʔma 2 sekrēti ûta
Walking along the street, I meet two women of the harem.
direction
meaning 2 to discover, to find by accident; to search for and find awīlum ḫaliḳtāšu ûta
The man will find again what he has lost.
reference CAD: a 2, 518
comment The meaning A is not given in the dictionary, but is clear from the context. Cf. also the same verb's derivative šutātû 'to meet, to confront each other'.
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme agäññä
meaning 1 to meet yähagären lǝǧ yäraǧǝm amätat gʷaddäññazen wǝč̣č̣ ḳomo siǧara siyač̣äs agäññähut

I met my compatriot, my friend since many years, as he stood outside smoking a cigar.

direction
meaning 2 to find, to discover, come across (s.th.) yämmifällǝg yagäññal

He who searches will find.

reference AED: 2021
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ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Evenki
lexeme бака-
meaning 1 to find
meaning 2 to meet
reference
comment The same in Oroch and Udige; in Solon, Even, Negidal, Ulcha and Nanai there is only meaning A, but there is a derived verb meaning 'to meet'. In Negidal, Oroch, Udige and Nanai this root gave rise to the traditional greeting. ТМС 1, 66-67
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language French
lexeme retrouver
meaning 1 to meet Je te retrouverai à midi au café.
I will meet you at the café at noon.
direction
meaning 2 to find retrouver ses clefs
to find one's keys
reference Larousse online
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ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Derivation
language Geez
lexeme 1 rakaba
lexeme 2 tarākaba
meaning 1 to find, get, acquire
direction
meaning 2 to meet one another
reference CDG: 469
comment

As already seen by A. Dillmann [LLA 302], Proto-EthS *rkb ‘to meet, to find’ cannot be separated from PS *rkb ‘to ride; to (be) join(ed), connect(ed),’ even though the exact details of the semantic evolution remain somewhat obscure. It is noteworthy that the presumably original meaning “to ride” is not attested in EthS [Kogan 2015: 457].

Cf. Arb. rakiba 'to mount upon, to ride (a horse)', and Arb. rakiba-hu 'he came upon him, he overtook him, he followed closely or immediately after him'; Hbr.-Arm. rkb (caus.) 'to graft upon, to join, to connect'.

ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Hungarian
lexeme talál
meaning 1 to meet hű barátokra talál
to find loyal friends
direction
meaning 2 to find gombát talál az erdőbe
to find a mushroom in the forest
reference Гальди 1974
comment The meaning A 'get acquainted; see and talk to someone for the first time'. Cf. also the derived verb találkozik 'to meet'
NEW Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Mansi
lexeme хо̄нтуӈкве
meaning 1 to find
direction
meaning 2 to meet
reference Afanas'eva, Sobjanina 2012
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NEW Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Thai
lexeme póp (พบ)
meaning 1 to find
direction
meaning 2 to meet
reference SEAlang Thai
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ACCEPTED Realization 9
type Polysemy
language Tigrinya
lexeme räḵäbä
meaning 1 to encounter, to meet bəʔagaṭami räḵäbä 

to meet s.o. by accident

direction
meaning 2 to find, discover
reference TED: 585
comment
NEW Realization 10
type Polysemy
language Tigrinya
lexeme ˀagnäyä, ˀagnəyä
meaning 1 to find
direction
meaning 2 to meet with, to encounter
reference TED: 2322
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