simlu -mlu- gismu

x1 seems/appears to have property(ies) x2 to observer x3 under conditions x4.

Also: x1 seems like it has x2 to x3; suggest belief/observation (= mlugau, mluti'i); looks like/resembles (= smimlu, mitmlu). See also catlu, viska, simsa, zgana, ganse, jarco.

In definition:

mibmlu
x1 simlu x2 mi

In notes:

catlu
x1 looks at/examines/views/inspects/regards/watches/gazes at x2.
ganse
x1 [observer] senses/detects/notices stimulus x2 (object/nu) by means x3 under conditions x4.
jarco
x1 (agent) shows/exhibits/displays/[reveals]/demonstrates x2 (property) to audience x3.
simsa
x1 is similar/parallel to x2 in property/quantity x3 (ka/ni); x1 looks/appears like x2.
viska
x1 sees/views/perceives visually x2 under conditions x3.
zgana
x1 observes/[notices]/watches/beholds x2 using senses/means x3 under conditions x4.
jetmlu
x1 (du'u) seems true to x2 by epistemology x3
mitmlu
s1=m1 seems to be the same as m2 by standard m3 to observer s3 under conditions s4.
mlujvenarkai
c1=s1 seems to have property/properties c2=s2 to observer s3 under conditions s4 but it actually does not have that property / these properties.
mrenilglamlu
x1 (temperature units) is the measured apparent temperature (humidex, wind chill) of x2 (location) by standard x3
sezmlugau
g1=se2 pretends to have property(ies) si2 to observer si3 under conditions si4
tairjirnycukykruca
x1 is the conceptualized/ideal/abstract shape of a crescent/concave 'horned' (then convex rounded) form/geometric partially-concave lune formed by/manifested from the intersection x2 (parameters) of two-dimensional circular disks immersed (embedded) in geometry/defined by metric x3
kavzi
x1 is "quasi" in property (ka) x2; x1 is "similar but not quite"/analogical to/comparable to having property x2; x1 is a quasi-x2.
tairmlunra
x1 is the conceptualized/ideal/abstract shape of a crescent/concave 'horned' (then convex rounded) form/geometric partially-concave lune formed by/manifested from the intersection x2 (parameters) of two-dimensional circular disks immersed (embedded) in geometry/defined by metric x3
virtukai
x1 is virtually / practically / essentially x2 (ka) for purpose x3 (nu/zu'o); for the purpose of x3, x1 might as well be x2