to search, look for
→
to try, to attempt
20 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Ancient Greek | |
| lexeme | ζητέω | |
| meaning 1 | to seek, search after, look for | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to strive for, desire, wish | οὐκ ἔτι ἐζήτησαν τό προσωτέρω τῆς Ἑλλάδος ἀπικόμενοι ἐκμαθέειν (Persians) no longer tried to get deeper into Greece for reconnaissance |
| reference | LSJ: 756 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Danish | |
| lexeme | søge | |
| meaning 1 | to search, to look for | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to try, to attempt | søge at hindre to try to hinder |
| reference | DDO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Estonian | |
| lexeme | ot'sima | |
| meaning 1 | look for | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | try | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Haser 2000, 182 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | French | |
| lexeme | chercher | |
| meaning 1 | to search, to look for | chercher une facture égarée to look for a lost bill |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to try, to attempt | chercher à séduire quelqu'un to try to seduce someone |
| reference | Larousse online | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Geez | |
| lexeme | ḫaśaśa | |
| meaning 1 | seek, look for | taḫaśśəśomu wa-ʔi-tərakkəbomu (Jes. 41:12) She is looking for them and she does not find them |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | study, pursue diligently, desire, wish | ʔi-təḫśəś tāʔmər (Herm. p.) do not try to know, do not strive for knowing (LLA 585) |
| reference | Haser 2000: 182 CDG: 266 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Borrowing | |
| language 1 | Hausa | |
| language 2 | Haddiya | |
| lexeme 1 | biδa | |
| lexeme 2 | bu'n | |
| meaning 1 | seek | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | taste, try | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Haser 2000, 182 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hungarian | |
| lexeme | keres | |
| meaning 1 | look for something, seek something | a tettest keresni to search for the criminal |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | demand (something from someone) | rajtam keresi az elveszett könyvet he demands the lost book of me |
| reference | Гальди 1974: 362 | |
| comment | Haser 2000, 182 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hupa | |
| lexeme | wûn- | |
| meaning 1 | pursue or seek something | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | attempt something by persistent effort | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Haser 2000, 182 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Indonesian | |
| lexeme | mencari | |
| meaning 1 | look for | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | try for | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Haser 2000, 182 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Italian | |
| lexeme | cercare | |
| meaning 1 | to look for | |
| meaning 2 | to try | cerca di fare presto Try to finish as soon as possible |
| reference | ||
| comment | Transitive in meaning А, in meaning B the case making is - |
|
| NEW Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Itelmen | |
| lexeme | энхтзос | |
| meaning 1 | to search, look for | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to try, to attempt | |
| reference | PIRS: 73-74, 337 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Khmer | |
| lexeme | rɔ:k | |
| meaning 1 | look for | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | try | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Haser 2000, 182 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Korean | |
| lexeme | kwu hata | |
| meaning 1 | looks for, seeks | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | tries | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Haser 2000, 182 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Modern Greek | |
| lexeme | γυρεύω | |
| meaning 1 | to look for, to seek | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to try, to make efforts | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Хориков, Малев: 231 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Norwegian | |
| lexeme | søke | |
| meaning 1 | to search, to look for | søker De noen her? are you looking for someone here? |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to try, to attempt | boka søker å gi en framstilling av livet i storbyslummen the book tries to represent life in the slums of a big city |
| reference | BO | |
| comment | ||
| SUSPENDED Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Sumerian | |
| lexeme | kíĝ | |
| meaning 1 | to look for | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to aim at, attempt something | |
| reference | Attinger, 2023: 814 | |
| comment | Cf. Thomsen, Mes. 10, 309 "to seek"; Krecher, 1978(d):51: "Die Grundbedeutung ist 'eine Sache angehen, eine Person (mit Rücksicht auf eine Sache) in Anspruch nehmen’" (i.e. "to tackle a thing, to claim a person (with regard to a thing)"). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Swedish | |
| lexeme | söka | |
| meaning 1 | to search, to look for | han sökte efter boken i bokhyllan he was looking for the book in the bookcase |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to try, to attempt | hon sökte vinna hans tillit she tried to earn his confidence |
| reference | SAO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 18 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tamil | |
| lexeme | tēṭu | |
| meaning 1 | seek, search for | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | inquire after, try (as to do a thing) | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Haser 2000, 182 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 19 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Udmurt | |
| lexeme | утчаны | |
| meaning 1 | to search, to look for | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to try, to attempt | |
| reference | Kirillova 2008 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 20 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Vietnamese | |
| lexeme | tìm | |
| meaning 1 | look for | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | try | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Haser 2000, 182 | |
Ср. лат. quaero 'искать; добиваться'