to see/to look at
→
to seem
6 realizations
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Aghul | |
Lexeme | agʷas | |
Meaning 1 | to see | za-s we ru] qaj-na agu-ne. I-DAT your daughter return-CONV see-PST |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to appear | za-s we ru] qaj-na agu-ne. I-DAT your daughter return-CONV see-PST |
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Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
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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 seem | De ser ud til at have det godt. Looks like they’re fine. |
Reference | DDO | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | English | |
Lexeme | look | |
Meaning 1 | to look at | ‘It’s time we left, ’ Ian said, looking at his watch. |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | to seem | It looks as if it might rain later. |
Reference | LDOCE | |
Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
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Type | Derivation | |
Language | Latin | |
Lexeme 1 | video, -ere | |
Lexeme 2 | videor, -eri | |
Meaning 1 | to see | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to seem | abesse a periculo (sc. sibi) videntur It seems to them that they are out of danger. (Caesar) |
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Comment |
ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Macedonian | |
Lexeme | vidi | |
Meaning 1 | to see | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | to appear | |
Reference | ||
Comment | [Толовски, Иллич-Свитыч 1963: 52]. Cf. Rus. видеть (see)- привидеться (seem). |
ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Swedish | |
Lexeme | se | |
Meaning 1 | to see | tänd ljuset, jag kan inte se put the light on, I can't see anything |
Direction | — | |
Meaning 2 | to seem | det ser ut att bli regn looks like it is going to rain |
Reference | SAO | |
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