Meaning 13.24: the half

Description: 'either of the two equal parts into which something is divided'
Typical context: She cut the banana in two halves and gave one half to her husband.
Semantic field: Quantity
Semantic category: Noun
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

:
0.16
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

:
0.87
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

:
0.84
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 jarχullut 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
6 Tarifiyt Berber azyən 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta yaƛƛokos 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
12 Dutch helft 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
13 English half 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
3 Gawwada qooqootto 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
31 Gurindji julurrpnginyi 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 1.00 0.50
4 Hausa rábìi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian hapa 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
39 Hup hæyhɔ́ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
37 Imbabura Quechua chaupi (2) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
27 Indonesian setengah 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
27 Indonesian separo 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 0.50
27 Indonesian separuh 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
2 Iraqw tlaqi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
21 Japanese hanbun 半分 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 0.50
21 Japanese nakaba 半ば 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
38 Kali'na asela 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
5 Kanuri rétà 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
18 Ket qolep 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.70 1.00
18 Ket āl 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
14 Kildin Saami piell’ пе̄лль 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian połojca 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy sàsaka 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
17 Manange 1ʈʰaʈe 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese ban4 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
41 Mapudungun rangiñ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
11 Old High German halba 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
20 Oroqen dʊlɪn 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi made 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' jachal 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
8 Romanian jumătate 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
19 Sakha aŋar 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
36 Saramaccan háfu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani epaš 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole lanmwotye 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole fifti-fifti 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 0.75
1 Swahili nusu 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
29 Takia wada- 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.90 1.00
23 Thai khrʉ̂ŋ ครึ่ง 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
24 Vietnamese nửa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong nrab 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong tog (3) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong ntav 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
40 Wichí lach’u 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
40 Wichí lhip 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 1.00
32 Yaqui nasuk amani 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50