to show, indicate to teach 17 realizations Multi-area
NEW Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Asturian
lexeme enseñar
meaning 1 to show, demonstrate
direction
meaning 2 to teach
reference DLA
comment
NEW Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Catalan
lexeme ensenyar
meaning 1 to show, point out

ensenya'm la llengua


show me the tongue (at the Doctor's)

direction
meaning 2 to teach

ensenyar algú a fer alguna cosa


to teach someone to do something

reference DIEC2
comment
NEW Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Chʼol
lexeme pʌs
meaning 1 to show, indicate
direction
meaning 2 to teach
reference Aulie, Aulie 1978
comment
NEW Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Galician
lexeme ensinar
meaning 1 to show
direction
meaning 2 to teach
reference DRAG
comment
NEW Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Italian
lexeme insegnare
meaning 1 (Romanesco, dated) to show
direction
meaning 2 to teach
reference Vocabolario Treccani English Wiktionary
comment
NEW Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Khamnigan Mongol
lexeme ʒa:-
meaning 1 to show, indicate ʒam xaragui ʒa:ǯi ügö: ta
show the way, please
direction
meaning 2 to teach
reference Damdinov, Sundueva 2015: 146
comment
NEW Realization 7
type Polysemy
language Medieval Latin
lexeme insigno, insignare
meaning 1 to indicate
direction
meaning 2 to instruct
reference English Wiktionary du Cange
comment http://ducange.enc.sorbonne.fr/insigno
ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Mongolian (Khalkha)
lexeme ʒaa-
meaning 1 to show зам заах
to give directions
meaning 2 to teach сургуульд заах
to teach in a school
reference
comment БАМРС.
NEW Realization 9
type Polysemy
language Neapolitan
lexeme nzegnare
meaning 1 to show, indicate, point out
direction
meaning 2 to instruct, teach
reference <personally collected data>
comment

Rocco, Emmanuele (1882), Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano

ACCEPTED Realization 10
type Polysemy
language Old English
lexeme tæcan
meaning 1 to show
meaning 2 to teach, to instruct, to guide
reference
comment In modern Eng. 'teach' the meaning "to show" has been lost.
NEW Realization 11
type Polysemy
language Rengao
lexeme do
meaning 1 to show
direction
meaning 2 to teach
reference Gregerson & Gregerson 2026: 164
comment
NEW Realization 12
type Polysemy
language Rengao
lexeme mahno
meaning 1 to show, indicate
direction
meaning 2 to teach
reference Gregerson & Gregerson 2026: 165
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 13
type Polysemy
language Sanskrit
lexeme upadeҫa
meaning 1 indication
meaning 2 teaching
reference
comment
NEW Realization 14
type Polysemy
language Spanish
lexeme enseñar
meaning 1 to show, demonstrate
direction
meaning 2 to teach
reference DRAE
comment

From Vulgar Latin insignāre 'to indicate, to instruct' (also found in Medieval Latin), from Latin signō 'to mark, to sign; to point out, to indicate, to express, to designate'

ACCEPTED Realization 15
type Polysemy
language Tibetan
lexeme ston-pa
meaning 1 to show
direction
meaning 2 to teach
reference
comment Рерих 3, 412
NEW Realization 16
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme göster-
meaning 1 to show, indicate
direction
meaning 2 to teach

ders göstermek


to explain a lesson (to someone)

reference Baskakov 1977: 350
comment Not the main word for teaching.
ACCEPTED Realization 17
type Polysemy
language Tuvan
lexeme айтыр
meaning 1 to show салаазы-биле айтыр
to show with a finger
direction
meaning 2 to teach yжyк айтыр
to teach literacy (lit. To show letters)
reference
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