Meaning 11.17: to keep

Description: 'retain, remain in possession of something'
Typical context: I like the hat you gave me and I'd like to keep it.
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

:		 0.15
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

:		 0.83
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

:		 0.81
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 c’unas 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 0.50 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber xəmməř 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta c’umi -ow- 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 0.75
12 Dutch houden 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
13 English keep 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
3 Gawwada ʔerkaɗ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
31 Gurindji jarti karrwa 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 1.00 0.50
4 Hausa ríƙèe 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian mālama 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
37 Imbabura Quechua allichina 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
27 Indonesian menyimpan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
21 Japanese tamotsu 保つ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
21 Japanese azukaru 預かる 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
21 Japanese hoyū 保有 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 0.50
38 Kali'na kulama 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
5 Kanuri ròtà 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
18 Ket bèr (2) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
14 Kildin Saami rūkne рӯкнэ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
10 Lower Sorbian wobchowaś 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
28 Malagasy mitàna 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
28 Malagasy mitahìry 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
22 Mandarin Chinese bao3liu2 保留 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
22 Mandarin Chinese liu2zhe 留着 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
41 Mapudungun niekan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
11 Old High German bihaltan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
20 Oroqen ʃʊla- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi tsuni 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi kwati 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' xokok 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' k'aak'alenk 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian a păstra 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian a ţine 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
19 Sakha χaːllar 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
36 Saramaccan hói 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani muken 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
9 Selice Romani ikren 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole garde 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole retenir 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili -kaa na … 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
1 Swahili -hifadhi 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
29 Takia -abi-tani 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
23 Thai kèp เก็บ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
23 Thai ráksǎa รักษา 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil k’eh 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil nak’ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
24 Vietnamese giữ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong khaws 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
40 Wichí yikanej 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
32 Yaqui jippue 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00