Meaning 15.44: the sound or noise

Description: 'something that one can hear'
Typical context: There were strange sounds coming from the next room.
Semantic field: Sense perception
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

:
0.19
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

:
0.80
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

:
0.90
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 q’iʁtʼi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
6 Tarifiyt Berber řħəss 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta sas 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta quy 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
quy ( Avar )
26 Ceq Wong rɔŋ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
12 Dutch geluid 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
13 English sound 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
son ( French )
sonus ( Latin )
3 Gawwada ʕuuɠto 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
31 Gurindji yilying 2. probably borrowed 0.75 0.50 1.00
4 Hausa ƙáaráa 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian kani 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
39 Hup hɔ̃ˇh 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
37 Imbabura Quechua bulla 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
27 Indonesian suara 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
27 Indonesian bunyi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
2 Iraqw afoo 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00
21 Japanese oto 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
38 Kali'na molɨ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
5 Kanuri kàlálà 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
18 Ket dūɣ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
14 Kildin Saami joaff ёафф 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian zuk 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian šum (2) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy nèno 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
28 Malagasy fèo 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
17 Manange 1kje 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese sheng1yin1 声音, 聲音 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
22 Mandarin Chinese sheng1xiang3 声响 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
41 Mapudungun zungun 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
11 Old High German (h)lûta 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
20 Oroqen dɪlgan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi ñu̲ni 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
35 Otomi 'ront'i 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi hmafi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
35 Otomi hñahni 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi nga̲nt'i 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi ntu̲ni 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi nzu̲ni 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi yu̲nt'i 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi zu̲nt'i 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi ñu̲niwa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
34 Q'eqchi' xkuxb'il 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' yaab' 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian sunet 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian zgomot 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
19 Sakha tɨas 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
36 Saramaccan fan 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani hango 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani lárma 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole son 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole dibri 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole tanpet 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole tapaz 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili sauti 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
1 Swahili mlio 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
29 Takia llŋan 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.50 1.00
23 Thai sǐaŋ เสียง 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
24 Vietnamese âm thanh 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 0.50
25 White Hmong suab 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
40 Wichí lapak 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
32 Yaqui jaiti jiia 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50