Meaning 1.86: to light

Description: 'make something burn'
Typical context: She lit a match.
Semantic field: The physical world
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

:		 0.06
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

:		 0.82
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

:		 0.77
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 k'ʷas 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber ssiɣ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
15 Bezhta ɬišel- (1) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
26 Ceq Wong cŋɔ̃ɲ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
26 Ceq Wong cos 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
12 Dutch aansteken 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
13 English light 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
3 Gawwada hokki 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
3 Gawwada hok 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
31 Gurindji kirrim kampa- 2. probably borrowed 0.75 0.80 0.50
kerrem ( Kija )
4 Hausa kúnnàa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
4 Hausa húuràa 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian hō`ā 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
39 Hup tujd’ak- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
39 Hup tǝʔ- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
37 Imbabura Quechua japichina 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
27 Indonesian menyalakan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
27 Indonesian menyulut, menyulutkan 2. probably borrowed 0.75 0.90 0.50
2 Iraqw oohiis 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50
21 Japanese tomosu 点す、灯す 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
38 Kali'na pomaka 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
5 Kanuri wàstə́ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
18 Ket duut 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
14 Kildin Saami puell’te пуэлльтэ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
10 Lower Sorbian zapaliś 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
28 Malagasy mandrèhitra 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
17 Manange 4mje pʰu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
22 Mandarin Chinese dian3ran2 点燃 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
41 Mapudungun üyümün 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
11 Old High German zunten 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
20 Oroqen nul- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
35 Otomi the̲ti 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi tso̲ke 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi udi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
35 Otomi fe̲ts'i 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' tz’ab’ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' k’ehok xam 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
8 Romanian a aprinde 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian a da foc 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
8 Romanian a incendia 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 0.75
19 Sakha umat 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.50 0.50
19 Sakha otun 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
36 Saramaccan kísi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani dživďaren 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
7 Seychelles Creole alimen 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili -washa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
29 Takia -tni 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.50 1.00
23 Thai cùt จุด 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil tiles 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
24 Vietnamese đốt 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong rauv 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
40 Wichí wen 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
32 Yaqui taya 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00