to see/to look at
→
to seem
7 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| NEW Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Khoekhoe | |
| lexeme 1 | mû | |
| lexeme 2 | mûsen | |
| meaning 1 | to see/to look at | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to seem | xūn ge ǃgâi tamase ra mûsen ‘Things do not seem good.’ |
| reference | <personally collected data> Haacke Khoekhoe 2002: 92 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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) |
| reference | ||
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| comment | ||