to search, look for to ask for, request 24 realizations Multi-area
NEW Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Croatian
lexeme tražiti
meaning 1 to search, look for
direction
meaning 2 to ask for, request
reference HJP
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Egyptian
lexeme wḥ3
meaning 1 look for, seek, require
direction
meaning 2 demand
reference
comment Haser 2000, 182
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Estonian
lexeme ot'sima
meaning 1 look for
direction
meaning 2 request
reference
comment Haser 2000, 182
ACCEPTED Realization 4
type Polysemy
language Finnish
lexeme pyytä-
meaning 1 look for
direction
meaning 2 request
reference
comment Haser 2000, 182
ACCEPTED Realization 5
type Polysemy
language Geez
lexeme ḫaśśaśa
meaning 1 to seek, look for taḫaśśəśomu wa-ʔi-tərakkəbomu (Jes. 41:12)
She looks for them and does not find them.
direction
meaning 2 to demand, entreat mannu ḫaŝaŝo la-zəntu ʔəm-ʔədekəmu (Jes. 1:12)
Who demanded this from your hand?
reference LLA: 584-585 Haser 2000: 182
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6
type Borrowing
language 1 Hausa
language 2 Dangaleat
lexeme 1 biδa
lexeme 2 bōde
meaning 1 seek
direction
meaning 2 reclaim (a debt)
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 or someone) rajtam keresi az elveszett könyvetam keresi az elveszett könyvet
he demands the lost book of mek of me
reference Гальди 1974: 362
comment Haser 2000, 182
ACCEPTED Realization 8
type Polysemy
language Japanese
lexeme motomeru
meaning 1 look for
direction
meaning 2 demand, request
reference
comment Haser 2000, 182
ACCEPTED Realization 9
type Semantic evolution
language Japanese
lexeme motomeru
meaning 1 look for Hetsunami no yosuru shiratama motomutozo kimi ga kimasanu (辺つ波の寄する白玉求むとぞ君は来まさぬ)
Lady, your husband whom you await / Does not come to you, / Because he seeks the pearls / Borne by the ocean waves (https://archive.org/details/Manyoshu - The Man'yoshu, verse 875-9)
direction
meaning 2 demand, request Motomeyo, shikaraba ataeraren (求めよ, しからば与えられん)
Ask, and it shall be given you.
reference
comment Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary. T.Watanabe, E.Skrzypczak, P.Snowden eds. Tokyo: Kenkyusha. 2003 (5th edition)
ACCEPTED Realization 10
type Polysemy
language Khmer
lexeme rɔ:k
meaning 1 to look for
direction
meaning 2 to aske, to make a request
reference
comment Gorgoniev 1984, 556
ACCEPTED Realization 11
type Polysemy
language Korean
lexeme kwu hata
meaning 1 looks for, seeks
direction
meaning 2 ask (for), wants, needs, tries
reference
comment Haser 2000, 182
ACCEPTED Realization 12
type Polysemy
language Macedonian
lexeme бара (bara)
meaning 1 to look for
direction
meaning 2 to ask, to demand
reference
comment [Толовски, Иллич-Свитыч 1963: 24]
ACCEPTED Realization 13
type Polysemy
language Manchu
lexeme baimbi
meaning 1 seek, look for
direction
meaning 2 ask for, request
reference
comment Haser 2000, 182
ACCEPTED Realization 14
type Polysemy
language Maya
lexeme kaxan-nah
meaning 1 look for
direction
meaning 2 request
reference
comment Haser 2000, 182
ACCEPTED Realization 15
type Polysemy
language Modern Greek
lexeme γυρεύω
meaning 1 to look for, to seek
direction
meaning 2 to ask, to demand
reference
comment Хориков, Малев: 231
ACCEPTED Realization 16
type Derivation
language Modern Hebrew
lexeme בִּקֵּש biqqēš
meaning 1 to look for
direction
meaning 2 to require, demand
reference HALOT: root 1403 Haser 2000: 182
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 17
type Polysemy
language Mongolian (Khalkha)
lexeme ere-
meaning 1 look for
direction
meaning 2 ask for
reference
comment Haser 2000, 182
ACCEPTED Realization 18
type Polysemy
language Nahuatl
lexeme 1 tēmoa: tla
lexeme 2 tēmolia: tē-tla
meaning 1 seek something
direction
meaning 2 ask someone for something
reference
comment Haser 2000, 182
NEW Realization 19
type Polysemy
language Serbian
lexeme тражити (tražiti)
meaning 1 to search, look for

тражити овце, тражити иглу


to look for sheep, to look for a needle

direction
meaning 2 to ask for, request

Kada se od nas traži pomoć, mi je pružimo pristupom koji je nepristrasan.


When we are asked for help, we provide it with an unbiased approach.

reference РСЈ: 1329 PDRS (Serbian Web)
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 20
type Polysemy
language Tigre
lexeme ramḳa
meaning 1 to seek molād ʔəndo ramaḳnā
as we sought relatives
direction
meaning 2 to ask, to entreat earnestly wa-ʔadəg bəzuḥ ramḳayom
and the donkey entreated them very much
reference TED: 158
comment The basic meaning is B.
NEW Realization 21
type Polysemy
language Tundra Yukaghir
lexeme ваҥчи-
meaning 1 to search, to look for

"Мэтул эл ваҥчильэҥитаҕанэк" мондэлэк, Идьилвэй мэ саҕаальэнь


Having said "Do not look for me", it turns out that Idilway disappeared

direction
meaning 2 to ask (for)

Похтикаан адуо, мэтул эл пунльэк. Нэмэлэҥ ваҥчимэҥ, йавную киит


Son of Pokhtikaan, don't kill me. What you ask, I will give everything

reference Kurilov 2001: 66
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 22
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme ara-
meaning 1 look for, investigate
direction
meaning 2 demand, ask for
reference
comment Haser 2000, 182
ACCEPTED Realization 23
type Polysemy
language Tuvan
lexeme диле-
meaning 1 to look for демир рудазын дилээри
the search for ironstone
meaning 2 to ask
reference
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 24
type Polysemy
language Yakut
lexeme көрдөө-
meaning 1 to look for, to seek
direction
meaning 2 to ask, to demand
reference
comment ЯРС 180.