| Language | Family | Form for JOIN | Gloss for JOIN | Form for TIE | Gloss for TIE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Komi | Uralic | yitnɩ | join, unite | yitnɩ | tie, bind |
| Azerbaijani (Terekeme dialect) | Turkic | багламаг | join, unite | багламаг | tie, bind |
| Irish | Indo-European | ceangail | join, unite | ceangail | tie, bind |
| Old High German | Indo-European | gispannan | join, unite | gi-spannan | tie, bind |
| Proto Polynesian | Austronesian | *saʔi | join, unite | *saʔi | tie, bind |
| Telugu | Dravidian | aNTakaTTu | join, unite | aNTakaTTu | tie, bind |
| Nyiramba | Atlantic-Congo | kwi-tUUnga | put together, compose | kwi-tuunga | tie (=fasten) |
| Japanese | Japonic | musubu | to join | musubu | to tie |
| Romanian | Indo-European | a lega | to join | a lega | to tie |