to want to love 22 realizations Multi-area
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 10026)
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme wäddädä
meaning 1 'to want (s.th.), to prefer' bäwäddädäw ḳän
'whenever one wants to'
direction
meaning 2 'to love, to like, to become enamoured'
reference
comment K 1570
ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 19962)
type Polysemy
language Buriat
lexeme duran
meaning 1 will, intention, desire
direction
meaning 2 love
reference Šagdarov, Čeremisov 2010: 303
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 14888)
type Polysemy
language Cham
lexeme krư
meaning 1 to want
direction
meaning 2 to love
reference Alieva, Bùi Khán Thế 1999: 129
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 8982)
type Polysemy
language Classical Arabic
lexeme ʔaḥabba
meaning 1 to want, to desire
direction
meaning 2 to love
reference
comment BK I 363
ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 32768)
type Derivation
language Croatian
lexeme 1 volja
lexeme 2 voljeti
meaning 1 will, wish, desire

dobiti, imati volju za što


want something 

direction
meaning 2 to love

oni se uzajamno vole, voljeti obitelj


they love each other, to love family

reference HJP
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6 (ID: 9036)
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme love
meaning 1 to desire, to long for I'd love to stay with you.
direction
meaning 2 to love
Я бы с удовольствием остался с вами
reference
comment
NEW Realization 7 (ID: 27667)
type Polysemy
language Even
lexeme ая̄вдай
meaning 1 to want
direction
meaning 2 to love
reference Robbek, Robbek 2005: 49
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 8 (ID: 12167)
type Polysemy
language Hungarian
lexeme szeret
meaning 1 to want nagyon szeretném őt látni
I would really like to see him
direction
meaning 2 to love szeretni egymást
to love each other
reference Гальди 1974: 689
comment The meaning A is expressed by the Conditional mood.
ACCEPTED Realization 9 (ID: 1087)
type Polysemy
language Jarawara
lexeme nofa
meaning 1 to want Iyawa hinita kabi onofarini
I don't want to eat manioc meal by itself
direction
meaning 2 to like, love Bahi kona ehene nofatere amaka.
The thunder doesn't like fishing with poison
reference
comment JED 140.
ACCEPTED Realization 10 (ID: 19960)
type Polysemy
language Khamnigan Mongol
lexeme dura
meaning 1 will, desire dura:ra:
by his own will
direction
meaning 2 love
reference Damdinov, Sundueva 2015: 128
comment
NEW Realization 11 (ID: 51414)
type Polysemy
language Khwe
lexeme kʲáá
meaning 1 to want
direction
meaning 2 to love
reference Comparative Khoe-Kwadi
comment
NEW Realization 12 (ID: 51412)
type Polysemy
language Kwadi
lexeme χa(a)
meaning 1 to want
direction
meaning 2 to love
reference Comparative Khoe-Kwadi
comment
NEW Realization 13 (ID: 36674)
type Cognates
language 1 Latin
language 2 Russian
lexeme 1 libet (impers.)
lexeme 2 любить
meaning 1 to want
direction
meaning 2 to love
reference Fasmer 1986: II, 544
comment

Meraning А also in: Lat. libido.

Meraning B also in: Sanskrit lubhyati, Albanian laps et al.

ACCEPTED Realization 14 (ID: 5860)
type Polysemy
language Lezgian
lexeme k’an xun
meaning 1 to want, to desire
direction
meaning 2 to love
reference
comment (LezgRus 211). The same in Tabassaran (ККУН ХЬУБ), cf. (TabRus 199).
ACCEPTED Realization 15 (ID: 5446)
type Polysemy
language Macedonian
lexeme сака (saka)
meaning 1 to desire, to want
direction
meaning 2 to love
reference
comment [Толовски, Иллич-Свитыч 1963: 452]
NEW Realization 16 (ID: 49311)
type Polysemy
language Midob
lexeme kə̀llàhêm
meaning 1 to want
direction
meaning 2 to love
reference Werner 1993: 104
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 17 (ID: 19961)
type Polysemy
language Mongolian (Khalkha)
lexeme dur
meaning 1 will dura:ra:
voluntary, by one's own will
direction
meaning 2 love Bi čamd durtai
I love you (lit. I to you with will)
reference BAMRS 2001-2002
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 18 (ID: 9552)
type Polysemy
language Nganasan
lexeme комсялəса
meaning 1 to wish
direction
meaning 2 to fall In love
reference
comment НМС 1000
NEW Realization 19 (ID: 48966)
type Polysemy
language Rengao
lexeme hapằy
meaning 1 to want
direction
meaning 2 to like
reference Gregerson & Gregerson 2026: 186
comment
NEW Realization 20 (ID: 48982)
type Polysemy
language Rengao
lexeme ʹmoyh
meaning 1 to want
direction
meaning 2 to like
reference Gregerson & Gregerson 2026: 194
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 21 (ID: 32767)
type Derivation
language Serbian
lexeme 1 воља (volja)
lexeme 2 волети (voleti)
meaning 1 will, wish, desire

немати воље за јело, немати воље да се нешто учини, преместити некога без љегове воље


to have no desire to eat, not having the will to do something, to move someone against their will

direction
meaning 2 to love

волети децу, волети девојку, волети уметност


to love kids, to love girl, to love art

reference Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 164, 165
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 22 (ID: 4816)
type Polysemy
language Spanish
lexeme querer
meaning 1 to want quisiera hablar con el
I would like to talk to him
direction
meaning 2 to love Yo te quero
I love you
reference
comment Narumov 1995: 633