Meaning 10.17: to twist

Description: (transitive)
Typical context: She twisted the wire around the branch.
Semantic field: Motion
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

:
0.16
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

:
0.80
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

:
0.88
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 q'ʷerq'əbos 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
6 Tarifiyt Berber zeyyā 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta k’äyƛöl- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
26 Ceq Wong hwɛ̃t 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
12 Dutch draaien 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
13 English twist 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
3 Gawwada piir 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
31 Gurindji walnyirr yuwa- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
4 Hausa múr̃ɗàa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian wili (2) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
39 Hup kǝbǝt- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
37 Imbabura Quechua kibina 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
27 Indonesian melilitkan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
2 Iraqw hhuutl 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00
21 Japanese yoru (1) 縒る 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
21 Japanese nejiru 捻る・捩る 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
38 Kali'na ewu’ka 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
5 Kanuri kə́létə́ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
18 Ket həə 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
14 Kildin Saami poanne поаннэ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
10 Lower Sorbian wjerśeś 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy manòlana 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50
17 Manange mor 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese chan2rao4 缠绕 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
41 Mapudungun piwünün 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
11 Old High German biogan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
20 Oroqen murki:- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi ‘bat'i 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi käxi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' k'onok 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' yokosink 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' siq'ok 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian a (ră)suci 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 0.50
8 Romanian a învârti 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
19 Sakha eriy 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
36 Saramaccan toosá 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani čavarinen 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani šodrinen 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole devire 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili -sokota 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
1 Swahili -songa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
29 Takia -bble 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.90 1.00
23 Thai fân ฟั่น 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil tz’ot 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
24 Vietnamese cuộn 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong ntswj 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
40 Wichí hits’elhkatche 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50
32 Yaqui totta 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00