to see/to look at to meet 24 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Akkadian
lexeme amāru
meaning 1 to see
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meaning 2 to go to see (a person), to visit ammakam šumma šalim amuršu-ma
if he is well, go see him there
reference CAD: a 2, 5
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NEW Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Croatian
lexeme vidjeti
meaning 1 to see/to look at vidjeti svojim očima
to see with your own eyes
direction
meaning 2 to meet
reference HJP
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ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme see
meaning 1 to see cats see well at night
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meaning 2 to see each other, to meet he's seen a great deal of the Smiths
reference <personally collected data>
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ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Geez
lexeme ḥawwaṣa
meaning 1 to glance, look on, look after, watch yəḳawwəm dəḫra ʔaraft wa-yəḥewwəṣ ʔənta masākəw (Song of Songs 2:9)
He is standing behind the wall and peeping through the windows.
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meaning 2 to visit wa-ʔaḫawika ḥawwəṣ ba-salām wa-zenāhomu nəśāʔ (1 Reg. 17:18)
And visit your brothers in peace and take from them the news.
reference LLA: 118 Haser 2000: 177 Gleave 1951: 8-9
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ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Gurdjar
lexeme ak
meaning 1 to perceive, see
direction
meaning 2 to meet
reference Evans, Wilkins 2000: 574
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ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Haddiya
lexeme mo(o)-
meaning 1 see, look (at)
meaning 2 visit
reference
comment Haser 2000, 177
ACCEPTED Realization 7
type Derivation
language Hungarian
lexeme 1 lát
lexeme 2 látogat
meaning 1 see, perceive Szemüveg nélkül nem látja a betűket.
He cannot see the letters without glasses.
direction
meaning 2 visit someone Ritkán látogatja barátait.
He rarely comes to see his friends.
reference MEK 1978
comment Haser 2000, 177
ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Indonesian
lexeme tilik
meaning 1 glance at something
meaning 2 visit someone
reference
comment Haser 2000, 177
ACCEPTED Realization 9
type Derivation
language Khanty
lexeme 1 woppe-
lexeme 2 wɔpöj-
meaning 1 see
meaning 2 visit
reference
comment Haser 2000, 177
ACCEPTED Realization 10
type Polysemy
language Korean
lexeme pota
meaning 1 perceives, sees
meaning 2 visits
reference
comment Haser 2000, 177
ACCEPTED Realization 11
type Polysemy
language Manchu
lexeme tuwambi
meaning 1 look
meaning 2 visit
reference
comment Haser 2000, 177
ACCEPTED Realization 12
type Polysemy
language Maya
lexeme il
meaning 1 see
meaning 2 visit
reference
comment Haser 2000, 177
ACCEPTED Realization 13
type Derivation
language Nahuatl
lexeme 1 itta
lexeme 2 iitta
meaning 1 look at oneself, see something
meaning 2 visit someone frequently
reference
comment Haser 2000, 177
ACCEPTED Realization 14
type Polysemy
language Navajo
lexeme -tse`
meaning 1 see
meaning 2 visit
reference
comment Haser 2000, 177
ACCEPTED Realization 15
type Polysemy
language Quechua
lexeme 1 qawa-
lexeme 2 qawayku-
meaning 1 watch, see
meaning 2 visit
reference
comment Haser 2000, 177
ACCEPTED Realization 16
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 videt'
lexeme 2 videt'sja
meaning 1 to see Я своими глазами видела, как он тебя поцеловал.
I saw him kiss you with my own eyes.
direction
meaning 2 to meet, to see each other a. Мы с ним очень редко видимся. 'I see him rarely.' b. Мы с ним давно не виделись. 'We have not seen each other for a long time.' c. Они часто видятся. 'We see each other very often.'
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 17
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme videt'
meaning 1 to see
direction
meaning 2 to meet
reference <personally collected data>
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 18
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 видеть
lexeme 2 увидеться
meaning 1 to see/to look at
direction
meaning 2 to meet Увидимся на следующей неделе
reference <personally collected data>
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NEW Realization 19
type Polysemy
language Serbian
lexeme видети (videti)
meaning 1 to see/to look at видети добро, видети море
to see well, to see the sea
direction
meaning 2 to meet -Јеси ли видео јуче Марка?
- Did you meet Mark yesterday?
reference Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 146
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ACCEPTED Realization 20
type Polysemy
language Soqotri
lexeme gére
meaning 1 to watch górik heš di-ī́ le-šáne (Müller 1905:281:16)
I looked at your seed.
direction
meaning 2 to visit ʕöḳaḷk élli-ho eḷhéten be-mómi ke-ṭad wa-ho ṭáhɛrk dí-ho di-ḥaḷf men-báʕad taláte éšhur ṭáhɛrk éger ʕésen; ho enáfaʕ dí-ho be-ḥaḷf wa-dí-ho emboríye yešḳabéten be-ḥadíbo wa-báʕad trɔ subúʕi eṭáreb wa-ʔéger ʕéʸhen kal íno di-gö́ʕor wa-l’á ʕégeb bíl’e (CSOL I 31:2 (comments)
I left my cows in Momin with one of my firends. After three months, I went to visit them again; I work in my native place, but my children go to school in Hadibo. In two weeks I will go down to visit them: maybe somebody is sick or needs something.
reference CSOL I: 546
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ACCEPTED Realization 21
type Derivation
language Swahili
lexeme 1 ona
lexeme 2 onana
meaning 1 to see
direction
meaning 2 to meet 1 onana uso kwa uso;
1 to meet face to face 2 see you
reference
comment Polikanov
ACCEPTED Realization 22
type Polysemy
language Tamil
lexeme kaṇṇuṟu-
meaning 1 to see, to look at
direction
meaning 2 to meet; to come upon by chance
reference Tamil lexicon: 696
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 23
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme görmek
meaning 1 see
meaning 2 visit
reference
comment Haser 2000, 177
ACCEPTED Realization 24
type Polysemy
language Yoruba
lexeme bẹ̀wo
meaning 1 look at
meaning 2 visit
reference
comment Haser 2000, 177