Meaning 15.21: to smell(1)

Description: '(intransitive) to have a particular smell'
Typical context: The flower smells pleasant.
Semantic field: Sense perception
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

:
0.11
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

:
0.81
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

:
0.72
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 di caχas 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
6 Tarifiyt Berber ttfuħ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta mäh baq- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
12 Dutch ruiken 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
13 English smell 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
3 Gawwada ʔošoʕ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
31 Gurindji ngapuk karri- 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 0.50
4 Hausa 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian honi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
39 Hup cĩh ni- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
39 Hup múj ni- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
37 Imbabura Quechua mutijina 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
27 Indonesian bau, berbau 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
2 Iraqw tsutsuu’ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
21 Japanese niou 匂う・臭う 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
38 Kali'na waiponuku 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
5 Kanuri yìntà 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
18 Ket ittej 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50
14 Kildin Saami app’se аппьсэ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian wónjaś 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
28 Malagasy mìsy fòfona (tsara/ratsy...) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
17 Manange 4tʰaŋ 1kʰʌ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
22 Mandarin Chinese wen2qi3lai2 闻(起来), 聞起來 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
41 Mapudungun ṉümüṉ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
11 Old High German stinkan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
35 Otomi yu̲ni (2) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' utz’uk 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian a mirosi 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 0.50
19 Sakha aŋɨlɨy 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
19 Sakha sɨttan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
36 Saramaccan sumë́ë 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani oven sagošno 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
7 Seychelles Creole santi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili -nukia 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
1 Swahili -nuka 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
29 Takia -wen 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.50 1.00
23 Thai miiklìn มีกลิ่น 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
24 Vietnamese có mùi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
25 White Hmong tsw 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 1.00 1.00
32 Yaqui winjuba 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00