to know how
→
can, to be able
9 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Aghul | |
| lexeme 1 | ʜaa | |
| lexeme 2 | aʜaa | |
| meaning 1 | to know | |
| meaning 2 | to be able of | |
| reference | The same type of polysemy in Tsakhur. =aX:\a. | |
| comment | The same type of polysemy in Tsakhur. =aX:\a. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Bagvalal | |
| lexeme | b=ija | |
| meaning 1 | to know | |
| meaning 2 | to be able of | |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Basque | |
| lexeme | ahal- | |
| meaning 1 | to know how | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | can, to be able | |
| reference | Баскско-русский, русско-баскский словарь 1997 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Bulgarian | |
| lexeme | умея (umeja) | |
| meaning 1 | to know | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to be able | |
| reference | Bernštejn 1966 | |
| comment | Cf. The Rus. Which means more or less the same as ‘смочь’ (я не сумел его убедить = ‘I could not convince him’). I.e. уметь – суметь (derivation) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Croatian | |
| lexeme | znati | |
| meaning 1 | to know | ne znam što je to I don't know what it is |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | can, to be able, have skill | znam plesati I can dance |
| reference | HJP | |
| comment | Example 2 - |
|
| NEW Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Rutul | |
| lexeme | гьац1ын / hac'ɨn | |
| meaning 1 | to know how | гьанийис раIхъ вацIара / hanijis raˤq wac'ara кихьискаагъус гьацIын / kiqiskaːɢus hac'ɨn he knows the way to know literacy |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | can, to be able | машин йивигас гьацIын / mašin jiwigas hac'ɨn to know how to drive a car |
| reference | Alisultanov, Sulejmanova 2019: 103 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Selkup | |
| lexeme | тӓнугу | |
| meaning 1 | to know how | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | can, to be able | |
| reference | Consolidated Selkup | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme | знати (znati) | |
| meaning 1 | to know | знати немачки to know German |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | can, to be able | Знате ли ми рећи где је апотека? Can you tell me where is drugstore? |
| reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 439 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Zulu | |
| lexeme | azi | |
| meaning 1 | to know how | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | can, to be able | |
| reference | Луцков А.Д. Зулу-Русский словарь 2014: 12 | |
| comment | ||
Ср. англ. can - I can speak English.