Meaning 15.42: to listen

Description: 'pay attention to a sound that one can hear'
Typical context: Listen to the strange noise in the engine.
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

:		 0.03
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

:		 0.86
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

:		 0.78
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 oj ačas 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
6 Tarifiyt Berber ssħəss 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
15 Bezhta enekzi -aq- 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 0.50
26 Ceq Wong hmãŋ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
12 Dutch luisteren 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
13 English listen 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
3 Gawwada ʔapaq 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
31 Gurindji kurru nya- 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 0.50
4 Hausa jí 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 1.00 1.00
4 Hausa sáuràaráa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian ho`olohe 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
39 Hup wɨʔ- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
37 Imbabura Quechua uyana (2) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
27 Indonesian mendengarkan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
2 Iraqw ii'a qaas 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
21 Japanese kiku 聞く 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
38 Kali'na epanama 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
5 Kanuri fàntə́ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
18 Ket eqtij 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.75
14 Kildin Saami kulle куллэ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian słuchaś 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy mihàino 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
17 Manange 1ŋjẽ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese ting1 听, 聽 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
41 Mapudungun allkütun 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
11 Old High German hôrehhen 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
20 Oroqen dɔ:ldi- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi o̲ts'e 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' ab'ink 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian a asculta 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
19 Sakha ihit 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
36 Saramaccan háíka 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani šunen 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole ekoute 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili -sikiliza 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
29 Takia -loŋ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
23 Thai faŋ ฟัง 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil 7a7i 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
24 Vietnamese nghe 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong mloog 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
40 Wichí ilotche 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50
32 Yaqui jikkaja 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00