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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||