to see/to look at
→
to search, look for
20 realizations
Multi-area
Related shifts
| ID | Relation type | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 2017 | to see/to look at | → | to find | Open |
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Aghul | |
| lexeme | агвас | |
| meaning 1 | to see/to look at | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (colloquial) to search, to look for | са чIукь пул агуна канде need to look for some money |
| reference | Ramazanov 2010: 32 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Aranda | |
| lexeme | areme | |
| meaning 1 | to see/to look at | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to search, to look for | |
| reference | Evans, Wilkins 2000: 574 | |
| comment | Henderson, Dobson 1994 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Brahui | |
| lexeme | hunning (hur-, hutt-) | |
| meaning 1 | to see/to look at | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to search, to look for | |
| reference | DEDR: 71 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Danish | |
| lexeme | se | |
| meaning 1 | to see | se med egne øjne to see with one’s own eyes |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to search, to look for | se efter to look for |
| reference | DDO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Hungarian | |
| lexeme | néz | |
| meaning 1 | to look at | hosszasan nézni valakit to look at someone for a long time |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to search, to look for | kereset után nézni to look for a job |
| reference | Гальди 1974: 564 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Karaim | |
| lexeme | изьля | |
| meaning 1 | to watch, look after | |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to search, to look for | |
| reference | Gajdarži et al. 1973: 195 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Kurux | |
| lexeme | ērnā (īryas) | |
| meaning 1 | to see/to look at | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to search, to look for | |
| reference | DEDR: 86 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Kwaio | |
| lexeme 1 | ilo + falaina | |
| lexeme 2 | ilo(i falaina) | |
| meaning 1 | to look at + hair | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to search hair (i.e. for lice) | |
| reference | Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 495 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Lau (Malaita island) | |
| lexeme 1 | iro | |
| lexeme 2 | irof-i- | |
| meaning 1 | to look | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to search, look for | |
| reference | Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 495 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Malagasy | |
| lexeme | rnizàha | |
| meaning 1 | to see/to look at | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to search, look for | |
| reference | Korneev 1966: 573 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Malagasy | |
| lexeme | rnizàha | |
| meaning 1 | to see/to look at | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to search, look for | |
| reference | Korneev 1966: 569 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Malak-Malak | |
| lexeme 1 | dat | |
| lexeme 2 | datwat | |
| meaning 1 | look, watch, see, look at | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to search, to look for | |
| reference | Lindsay et al. 2017: 26 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Norwegian | |
| lexeme | se | |
| meaning 1 | to see | kan du se den mannen der borte? can you see that man there? |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to search, to look for | se etter to look for |
| reference | BO | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 18 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme | меркати (merkati) | |
| meaning 1 | to watch, stare | меркати испод ока to stare |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to search, look for | меркати девојку, меркати кућу to look for a girl, to search for a house |
| reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 699 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 19 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Warumungu | |
| lexeme | nya- | |
| meaning 1 | to see/to look at | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to search, to look for | |
| reference | Evans, Wilkins 2000: 551 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 20 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Yidiñ | |
| lexeme | wawa-L | |
| meaning 1 | to see/to look at | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to search, to look for | |
| reference | Evans, Wilkins 2000: 574 | |
| comment | Dixon 1991: 260 | |