Meaning 11.27: to destroy

Description: 'damage something so badly that it cannot be repaired or so that it no longer exists'
Typical context: The school was completely destroyed by fire.
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

:		 0.18
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

:		 0.79
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

:		 0.78
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 dimmus as 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
6 Tarifiyt Berber āz’ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber āddəž 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta -uɣol- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
12 Dutch vernietigen 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
13 English destroy 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
3 Gawwada harkiš 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
31 Gurindji kamang ma 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.50 0.50
4 Hausa rúushèe 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
4 Hausa ɓáatàa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian luku 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
39 Hup hipay- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
39 Hup poʔ- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
37 Imbabura Quechua waglichina 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
27 Indonesian menghancurkan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
27 Indonesian membinasakan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
2 Iraqw hhitiim 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00
21 Japanese kowasu 壊す 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
21 Japanese hakai 破壊 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 0.50
38 Kali'na aka 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
5 Kanuri wùrtə́ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
18 Ket ilbet (2) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50
14 Kildin Saami murr’tе муррьтэ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian znicyś 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy mandràva 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
17 Manange 1nuŋ 1lʌ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
22 Mandarin Chinese hui3huai4 毁坏 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
11 Old High German stôren 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
20 Oroqen gudʒəlɛ- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi xa̲ni 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi ts'oni 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi yo̲t'e 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' juk'uk 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' sachok 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' po’ok 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian a distruge 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 0.75
8 Romanian a nimici 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
8 Romanian a ruina 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 0.50
19 Sakha alʤat 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
36 Saramaccan boóko 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani šemmiššítinen 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani thoven tėnkrė 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
7 Seychelles Creole detri 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili -haribu 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
29 Takia -ptŋni 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 1.00 1.00
23 Thai thamlaay ทำลาย 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
24 Vietnamese phá hoại 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 0.50
25 White Hmong puas ntsoog 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
40 Wichí yikonchi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
32 Yaqui mojakta 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50