to speak to show, indicate 6 realizations Multi-area
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Cognates
language 1 Ancient Hebrew
language 2 Geez
lexeme 1 ʔmr (qal)
lexeme 2 ʔammara
meaning 1 to speak
direction
meaning 2 to show
reference HALOT: 63-64 CDG: 25
comment
NEW Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Croatian
lexeme kazati
meaning 1 to speak

kako ljudi kažu


as people say

direction
meaning 2 to show, indicate
reference HJP
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Derivation
language Latin
lexeme 1 dico, -ere
lexeme 2 indico, -are
meaning 1 to speak
direction
meaning 2 to show (tr.)
reference <personally collected data>
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Cognates
language 1 Latin
language 2 Ancient Greek
lexeme 1 dico, -ere
lexeme 2 δείκνυμι
meaning 1 to speak
direction
meaning 2 to show
reference Glare: 573 LSJ: 373 Chantraine: 257-258
comment Direction: to indicate - to speak: Pokorny 1959: 188: ‘zeigen’, woraus lat. und germ. ‘mit Worten auf etwas hinweisen, sagen’
NEW Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Serbian
lexeme казати (kazati)
meaning 1 to speak

Он је, кажу, добар писац.


They say he is a good writer.

direction
meaning 2 to show, indicate

Дођи да ти кажем нашу кућу.


Come let me show you our house.

reference РСЈ: 515
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Cognates
language 1 Ukrainian
language 2 Russian
lexeme 1 казати (kazaty)
lexeme 2 показать (pokazat')
meaning 1 to speak
direction
meaning 2 to show
reference
comment Cf. also the Russian говорить 'to say'; also uses like: эти события говорят о коренном изменении политической обстановки.