Meaning 12.04: before

Typical context: Before the war people freely crossed the border.
Semantic field: Spatial relations
Semantic category: Function word
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

:		 0.10
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

:		 0.82
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 harak 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 0.50 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber qƀəř (i) 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta äᵑydā 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
12 Dutch voor 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
13 English before 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
3 Gawwada miinatte 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
4 Hausa kàafín 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian mua 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
39 Hup kɔ̌tʔah 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
37 Imbabura Quechua ñaupa (1) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
27 Indonesian sebelum 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
2 Iraqw geera 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00
21 Japanese mae 前 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
38 Kali'na uwapo 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
5 Kanuri kàwù 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
5 Kanuri câ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
18 Ket qotils 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50
14 Kildin Saami ēvvtel’ э̄ввтэль 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian pśed 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy alòha 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
17 Manange 1naraŋ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese yi3qian2 以前 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
41 Mapudungun wüne 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
11 Old High German bifora 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
20 Oroqen dʒulgida 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
35 Otomi nu'bu̲ 'be̲tho 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
35 Otomi 'bu̲ 'be̲tho 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
35 Otomi ante 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.60 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' chi ru 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
34 Q'eqchi' junxil 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' rub’elaj 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian înainte 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
19 Sakha innine 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
36 Saramaccan ufö́ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani angli 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole avan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili kabla 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
23 Thai kɔ̀ɔn ก่อน 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil ta 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
24 Vietnamese trước 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong tom ntej 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
32 Yaqui bichapo 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00