Meaning 17.18: to seem

Typical context: The house seems to be empty.
Semantic field: Cognition
Semantic category: Verb
Borrowed score
Borrowed score

This gives the average borrowed score of all words corresponding to this meaning. The following borrowed scores are assigned to words depending on the degree of likelihood of borrowing:

 
score
1. clearly borrowed
1.00
2. probably borrowed
0.75
3. perhaps borrowed
0.50
4. very little evidence for borrowing
0.25
5. no evidence for borrowing
0.00

:		 0.10
Age score
Age score

This gives the average age score of all words corresponding to this meaning. The following age scores are assigned to words depending on the estaimated age of their age class:

 
score
1. first attested or reconstructed earlier than 1000
1.00
2. earlier than 1500
0.90
3. earlier than 1800
0.80
4. earlier than 1900
0.70
5. earlier than 1950
0.60
6. earlier than 2007
0.50

:		 0.81
Simplicity score
Simplicity score

This gives the average simplicity score of all words corresponding to this meaning. The following simplicity scores are assigned to words depending on their analyzability:

 
score
1. unanalyzable
1.00
2. semi-analyzable
0.75
3. analyzable
0.50

:		 0.75
Counterpart words in the World Loanword Database
Voc. ID Vocabulary Word Form Original Script Borrowed status Borrowed score Age score Simplicity score Source Words
16 Archi ik'mis ekas 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
6 Tarifiyt Berber tƀan 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta gic’- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
12 Dutch lijken 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
13 English seem 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
3 Gawwada lik (2) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
4 Hausa yí àláamàa 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 0.50
39 Hup bahad- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
37 Imbabura Quechua rikchana 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
27 Indonesian kelihatan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
27 Indonesian tampak 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
27 Indonesian nampak 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
27 Indonesian terlihat 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
21 Japanese rashii らしい 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
21 Japanese sō そう 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
21 Japanese yō 様、よう 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
38 Kali'na wai 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
14 Kildin Saami vūz’xuvve вӯзьхуввэ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
10 Lower Sorbian zdaś se 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
28 Malagasy atào 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
28 Malagasy tòa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese kan4shang4qu4 看上去 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
22 Mandarin Chinese hao3xiang4 好像 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
22 Mandarin Chinese kan4lai2 看来 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
22 Mandarin Chinese si4hu 似乎 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
41 Mapudungun trokin 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
11 Old High German gidunken 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
35 Otomi neki 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi 'ñenä 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi want'ä 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' chanchan aj wi’ a’an 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
8 Romanian a părea 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
19 Sakha bɨhɨːlaːχ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
36 Saramaccan djéi 2. probably borrowed 0.75 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani diťhol 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
7 Seychelles Creole paret 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole resanble 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole sanble 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili -onekana 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
29 Takia -bol=oŋ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
23 Thai duumʉ̌an ดูเหมือน 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
24 Vietnamese hình như 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
25 White Hmong muaj ntsis zoo li 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
40 Wichí nichotche 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
32 Yaqui machia 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00