Meaning 15.37: bitter

Typical context: The medicine is bitter, take it with honey.
Semantic field: Sense perception
Semantic category: Adjective
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

:		 0.03
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

:		 0.89
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 c’ek’dut 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
6 Tarifiyt Berber amāz’ag 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta niq’ā 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
26 Ceq Wong kdak 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
12 Dutch bitter 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
13 English bitter 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
3 Gawwada raʕa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
31 Gurindji jalingki 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 0.50 1.00
4 Hausa mài ɗáacíi 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 1.00 0.50
30 Hawaiian `awa`awa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
39 Hup j’á (1) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
37 Imbabura Quechua jayaj (1) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
27 Indonesian pahit 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
2 Iraqw qarqaar 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00
21 Japanese nigai 苦い 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
38 Kali'na itunpe 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
5 Kanuri cîm 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
18 Ket qəlaŋ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50
14 Kildin Saami pɨččker пыччкэр 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian górki 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy mangìdy 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
17 Manange 3kjẽ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese ku3 苦 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
41 Mapudungun mukür 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
11 Old High German bittar 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
20 Oroqen gʊtɪ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi xi njuts'i 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
35 Otomi xi nju 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
34 Q'eqchi' k'a 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian amar 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
19 Sakha ahɨː 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
36 Saramaccan bíta 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.90 1.00
bita ( Sranan )
9 Selice Romani kerko 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole anmer 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili -chungu (2) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
29 Takia gge- 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.50 1.00
23 Thai khǒm ขม 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil ch’a 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
24 Vietnamese đắng 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong iab 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
40 Wichí tapay 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
32 Yaqui chiibu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00