Meaning 14.25: to begin

Description:	(transitive)
Typical context:	I began the work yesterday.
Semantic field:	Time
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 :	0.13
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 :	0.78
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 :	0.86

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	bijeɬːas		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	1.00
6	Tarifiyt Berber	ƀđa		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	1.00	1.00	bda ( Arabic (Moroccan) ) badaʔa ( Classical Arabic )
6	Tarifiyt Berber	kumasa		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.50	1.00	commencer ( French )
6	Tarifiyt Berber	ssənti		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.75
15	Bezhta	-üxöɬ-		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	1.00
12	Dutch	beginnen		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50
13	English	begin		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
13	English	start		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
3	Gawwada	paayyi		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
31	Gurindji	jujup ma-		3. perhaps borrowed	0.50	0.50	0.50
4	Hausa	fáaràa		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
30	Hawaiian	ho`omaka		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.90	0.50
39	Hup	cumni-		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.50
37	Imbabura Quechua	kallarina		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.75
27	Indonesian	memulai		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50	mūla ( Sanskrit )
2	Iraqw	iimu/uum		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	1.00
21	Japanese	hajimeru	始める	5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.75
38	Kali'na	amo		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	1.00
5	Kanuri	bàdìtə́		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50
18	Ket	ejiŋbesaŋ		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.70	0.50
14	Kildin Saami	all’ke	аллькэ	2. probably borrowed	0.75	1.00	1.00	alka (Finnish) ( Fennic )
10	Lower Sorbian	chopiś		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
28	Malagasy	miandòha		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.50
28	Malagasy	manòmboka		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.50
17	Manange	tʰan te		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	1.00
22	Mandarin Chinese	kai1shi3	开始, 開始	5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.50
41	Mapudungun	llitun		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
11	Old High German	biginnan		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
20	Oroqen	əkəl-		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	1.00
35	Otomi	ndu̲i		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.60	1.00
35	Otomi	du̲'mi		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.60	1.00
35	Otomi	fu̲ti		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.90	1.00
34	Q'eqchi'	ok		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
34	Q'eqchi'	naqk		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
34	Q'eqchi'	tiklaak		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
8	Romanian	a începe		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
8	Romanian	a porni		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.50	1.00	porinati ( Slavic )
19	Sakha	saɣalaː		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.50
36	Saramaccan	bigí		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.90	1.00
9	Selice Romani	kėzdinen		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.90	1.00	kezd ( Hungarian )
7	Seychelles Creole	konmanse		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.90	1.00
1	Swahili	-anza		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
23	Thai	rə̂əm	เริ่ม	5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	1.00
33	Zinacantán Tzotzil	lik		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
33	Zinacantán Tzotzil	tam		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
24	Vietnamese	bắt đầu		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50
25	White Hmong	pib		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	1.00
25	White Hmong	chiv		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.50	1.00	qǐ ( Chinese )
40	Wichí	ketlhi		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.70	1.00
32	Yaqui	naate		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00