Meaning 11.31: to look for

Typical context: I am looking for my purse; I must have lost it on my way.
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

:
0.08
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

:
0.85
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 irkːus 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber fəttəš 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber āzu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta -ĩz- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
26 Ceq Wong koʔ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
12 Dutch zoeken 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
13 English look for 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
13 English seek 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
3 Gawwada ɠeeʕ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
31 Gurindji karrap nya- 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 1.00 0.50
4 Hausa nèemáa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
4 Hausa bìɗáa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian huli (2) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
39 Hup yɔhɔy- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
37 Imbabura Quechua maskana 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
27 Indonesian mencari 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 1.00 0.50
2 Iraqw leeleehh 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
21 Japanese sagasu 探す・捜す 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
38 Kali'na upi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
5 Kanuri màtə́ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
18 Ket saŋbet 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.75
14 Kildin Saami ōʒe о̄дзэ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian pytaś 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy mitàdy 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
28 Malagasy mikàroka 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
17 Manange 1tʃa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese zhao3 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
41 Mapudungun kintun 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
11 Old High German suohhen 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
20 Oroqen gələ:- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi honi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' sik'ok 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian a căuta 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
19 Sakha kördöː 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 1.00 1.00
36 Saramaccan súku 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani roden 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole sase, serse 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole rode 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili -tafuta 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
29 Takia -baŋ -le 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
23 Thai hǎa (1) หา 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil sa7 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
24 Vietnamese tìm 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong nrhiav 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
40 Wichí t’ekwe 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 0.50
32 Yaqui jariwa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00