Meaning 11.34: to let go

Description: ‘stop holding something/someone’
Typical context: She let go of the rope.
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

:		 0.12
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

:		 0.80
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 atis 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber đ’řəq 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber ā’xu 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta -eccak’- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
12 Dutch loslaten 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
13 English let go 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
3 Gawwada pinni 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
31 Gurindji purrul yuwa- 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.50 0.50
4 Hausa sàkaa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian ho`oku`u 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
30 Hawaiian leikō 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
39 Hup poʔ- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
37 Imbabura Quechua kacharina (1) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
27 Indonesian melepas 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
2 Iraqw geemaw 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00
21 Japanese hanasu (1) 放す 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
38 Kali'na nonta 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
5 Kanuri kòltə́ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
18 Ket ultij (2) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50
14 Kildin Saami lūšš’te лӯшшьтэ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian pušćiś 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy manàfaka 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
28 Malagasy mandèfa 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 0.50 0.50
17 Manange 1jʌ 1lʌ pe 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
22 Mandarin Chinese song1kai1 松开, 鬆開 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
41 Mapudungun neykümün 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
11 Old High German firlâzan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
20 Oroqen nɔ:da:- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi he̲gi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' tob'ok 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' ach'ab'ank 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian a da drumul 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
8 Romanian a (e)libera 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
19 Sakha ɨːt 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
36 Saramaccan disá 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani muken 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole delivre 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole large 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole lase 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole desarze 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili -acha 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00
29 Takia -bsei- -aw 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
23 Thai plɔ̀y ปล่อย 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
24 Vietnamese buông 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong tso 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
40 Wichí ilanhi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50
40 Wichí yomet (2) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
40 Wichí ileyej 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
32 Yaqui su’utoja 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50