to search, look for
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to want
17 realizations
Multi-area
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 5310) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Akkadian | |
| lexeme | buʔû | |
| meaning 1 | to look for, to search for | 5 ūmē ú-ba-ʔu-šu-ma ul innamir ašaršu though they searched for him five days, his location was not discovered |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to wish, ask, intend | ju-ba-ú alāk[am] adi GN u jānu mû ana šatēšu u târa ana mātīšu he wanted to go to Byblos, but there was no water for him to drink, so he reterned to his land |
| reference | CAD: b 360-363 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 5027) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Amharic | |
| lexeme | fällägä | |
| meaning 1 | to seek, seek after, to lookk for, search for | bämäǧämmäriya hotel ʔənnəḳḳämmäṭənna bähʷala bet ʔənnəfälləgallän (Leslau 1965:2) At first we'll live in a hotel and then we'll look for a house. |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to want or desire s.th. | wädäfälläghäwəss wəsädäññ Take me wherever you will. |
| reference | AED: 2269 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 (ID: 9366) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Chaha | |
| lexeme | šä-m | |
| meaning 1 | look for, search, seek | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | desire, want | |
| reference | EDG I: 106 | |
| comment | The same polysemy in other Gunnän-Gurage languages (Hezron 1977: 135; EDG 570). |
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| NEW Realization 4 (ID: 51417) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Danisi | |
| lexeme | káá | |
| meaning 1 | to search, look for | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to want | |
| reference | Comparative Khoe-Kwadi | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 6 (ID: 51413) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Khwe | |
| lexeme | kʲáá | |
| meaning 1 | to search, look for | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to want | |
| reference | Comparative Khoe-Kwadi | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 7 (ID: 49265) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Midob | |
| lexeme | kèllàhèm | |
| meaning 1 | to search, look for | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to want | |
| reference | Werner 1993: 98 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 8 (ID: 49310) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Midob | |
| lexeme | kə̀llàhêm | |
| meaning 1 | to search, seek | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to want | |
| reference | Werner 1993: 104 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 9 (ID: 51408) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Nata-Shua (Shwakhwe) | |
| lexeme | kaa | |
| meaning 1 | to search, look for | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to want | |
| reference | Comparative Khoe-Kwadi | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 (ID: 8671) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Oromo | |
| lexeme | barbaaduu | |
| meaning 1 | look for | garaakootiif qoriccha na barbadi Look for some medicine for my stomach. |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | want | farda bitacchun barbaada I want to buy a horse. |
| reference | Gragg 1982: 39 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 (ID: 8681) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tigre | |
| lexeme | ḥazā | |
| meaning 1 | to seek | ʔəgəl ləḥzəwo gesaw they went to look for him |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to wish, to like | ʔəgəl ləḳtəlo ḥazā he wanted to kill him |
| reference | WTS: 92 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 (ID: 2724) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tigrinya | |
| lexeme | däläyä | |
| meaning 1 | to want, to wish, to desire | |
| direction | ← | |
| meaning 2 | to look for, seek, search (for), ferret out | |
| reference | TED: 2050 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 14 (ID: 51407) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tjwao (Tshwao) | |
| lexeme | kaa | |
| meaning 1 | to search, look for | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to want | |
| reference | Comparative Khoe-Kwadi | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 15 (ID: 51406) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ts'ixa | |
| lexeme | káá | |
| meaning 1 | to search, look for | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to want | |
| reference | Comparative Khoe-Kwadi | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 16 (ID: 51416) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tshwa (Tsoa, Hiechware) | |
| lexeme | kaa | |
| meaning 1 | to search, look for | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to want | |
| reference | Comparative Khoe-Kwadi | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 17 (ID: 23365) | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Turkish | |
| lexeme | iste- | |
| meaning 1 | to search, to look for | sinemaya gitmek istiyorum I want to go to movies |
| direction | ← | |
| meaning 2 | to want | beni mi istedin? Were you looking for me? |
| reference | Baskakov 1977: 469 | |
| comment | ||