Meaning 11.12: to own

Description: 'possess, have permanently as legal possession'
Typical context: The woman owns a car.
Semantic field: Possession
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

:
0.26
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

:
0.83
Counterpart words in the World Loanword Database
Voc. ID Vocabulary Word Form Original Script Borrowed status Borrowed score Age score Simplicity score Source Words
12 Dutch bezitten 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
13 English own 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
3 Gawwada šeek 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
31 Gurindji murlng karrwa- 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.50 0.50
4 Hausa màllákàa 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
39 Hup tɔn- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
37 Imbabura Quechua charina (2) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
27 Indonesian memiliki 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
milk ( Arabic )
2 Iraqw koom 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00
21 Japanese shoyū 所有 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 0.75
38 Kali'na apolemɨ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
5 Kanuri hàláltə́ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 0.50
18 Ket bèr (2) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
14 Kildin Saami vladje владье 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian wobsejźeś 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
28 Malagasy mànana 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
17 Manange 3ta 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese zhan4you3 占有 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
22 Mandarin Chinese you3 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
41 Mapudungun nien 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
11 Old High German eigan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
35 Otomi pets'i 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi 'ñehe 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' eechanink 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
8 Romanian a poseda 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
8 Romanian a stăpâni 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
36 Saramaccan ábi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole posede 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili -miliki 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
29 Takia mroun 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.50 1.00
23 Thai mii มี 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
24 Vietnamese chiếm hữu 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 0.50
25 White Hmong muaj 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
40 Wichí hiw’en (2) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 1.00
32 Yaqui jippue 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00