to come to begin 14 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
Type Polysemy
Language Amharic
Lexeme mäṭṭa
Meaning 1 'to come, arrive' yəhäw mäṭṭa
'here he comes!'
Direction
Meaning 2 'to come into existence, arise, occur, happen, come about; to begin, commence (season etc.)' bämmimäṭaw samənt
'next week'
Reference
Comment K 348
ACCEPTED Realization 2
Type Polysemy
Language Chagatai
Lexeme gel-
Meaning 1 to come
Meaning 2 to come (event) gelesi yıl
next year
Reference
Comment The same in Karaim. кел-'come', келеси ишляр 'things to do' КРПС 302, and in the Gagauz гел- ГРМС 109 and also in other Turkic languages.
ACCEPTED Realization 3
Type Polysemy
Language Danish
Lexeme komme
Meaning 1 to come komme nærmere
to come closer
Direction
Meaning 2 to happen
Reference DDO
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4
Type Polysemy
Language English
Lexeme come
Meaning 1
Meaning 2 Summer came unexpectedly.
Summer came unexpectedly.
Reference
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 5
Type Polysemy
Language French
Lexeme venir
Meaning 1 to come venir pour dîner
to come for dinner
Direction
Meaning 2 to come (of an event) l'automne vient; son heure viendra
autumn is coming; his time will come
Reference CNRTL
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6
Type Polysemy
Language Hungarian
Lexeme jön
Meaning 1 to come hazulról jövök
I am coming from home
Direction
Meaning 2 to come (of an event) jön a tavasz
spring is coming
Reference Гальди 1974: 343
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7
Type Polysemy
Language Icelandic
Lexeme koma
Meaning 1 to come ég kom heim klukkan átta
I came home at 8 o’clock
Direction
Meaning 2 to come (of an event) það er kominn morgunn
the morning has come
Reference ISLEX
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 8
Type Polysemy
Language Japanese
Lexeme kuru (来る)
Meaning 1 to come ジョンが来ること望んでいる
I hope for John to come.
Direction
Meaning 2 to come (event) fuyu-no ato-ni haru-ga kuru
Spring comes after winter.
Reference
Comment EDICT.
ACCEPTED Realization 9
Type Polysemy
Language Mongolian (Khalkha)
Lexeme ire-
Meaning 1 to come
Meaning 2 ирэх жил
the coming year
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 10
Type Polysemy
Language Norwegian
Lexeme komme
Meaning 1 to come de ropte, men han kom ikke
they called him but he did not come
Direction
Meaning 2 to come (of an event) endelig kom våren
spring finally came
Reference BO
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 11
Type Polysemy
Language 1 Old Slavonic
Language 2 Russian
Lexeme 1 грясти
Lexeme 2 grjaduščij
Meaning 1 to come
Meaning 2 coming грядущие события, грядущий год
the events to come
Reference
Comment шрифт
ACCEPTED Realization 12
Type Polysemy
Language Russian
Lexeme prihodit'
Meaning 1 to come Тетя Груня пришла!
Aunt Grounya has come!
Meaning 2 to come Осень уж пришла.
Autumn came.
Reference
Comment According to Ozhegov: 'to come (of time)'.
ACCEPTED Realization 13
Type Polysemy
Language Swedish
Lexeme komma
Meaning 1 to come komma hem
to come home
Direction
Meaning 2 to come (of an event) påsken kom sent det året
this year's Easter was late
Reference SAO
Comment
NEW Realization 14
Type Polysemy
Language Turkish
Lexeme gel-
Meaning 1 to come
Direction
Meaning 2 to begin okul zamanı geldi
school time has started
Reference Baskakov 1977: 326
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