Meaning 11.14: to grasp

Description: 'take and hold something firmly with one's hands'
Typical context: Make sure you grasp the rope with both hands.
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

:		 0.03
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

:		 0.86
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

:		 0.89
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 sas 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber t’t’əf 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta -ox- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
12 Dutch vastpakken 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
13 English grasp 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
3 Gawwada ʔakki 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
31 Gurindji jangkawu ma- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
4 Hausa káamàa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian `apo 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
39 Hup cuʔ- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
37 Imbabura Quechua japina (1) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
27 Indonesian memegang 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
27 Indonesian menggenggam 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
2 Iraqw ooh (1) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00
21 Japanese tsukamu 掴む 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
21 Japanese nigiru 握る 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
38 Kali'na apɨi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
5 Kanuri tà 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
18 Ket totet 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50
14 Kildin Saami kahc’e каһце 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian pśimaś 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy mitàna 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
22 Mandarin Chinese zhua1 抓 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
41 Mapudungun nün 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
11 Old High German bifâhan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
20 Oroqen aʃɪkʊla- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi mihi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi pe̲nt'i 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi ju 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
35 Otomi mit'i 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' chapok 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian a apuca 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
19 Sakha tut 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
36 Saramaccan panján 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani astaren 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
9 Selice Romani ispiden 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
9 Selice Romani uštiden 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
7 Seychelles Creole bage 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole arase 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole atrape 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole tyonbo 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole sezi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili -fumbata 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
1 Swahili -shika 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
29 Takia -abi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
23 Thai kam กำ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
24 Vietnamese nắm 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong muab 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
40 Wichí tachema 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 0.50
32 Yaqui bwisi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00