Meaning 15.46: quiet

Description: 'not making much noise'
Typical context: We have to be quiet so as not to wake the baby.
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

:
0.16
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

:
0.75
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 oɬːutːut 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
6 Tarifiyt Berber ssqā 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
6 Tarifiyt Berber t’t’rankiř 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
15 Bezhta it’ino 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
12 Dutch stil 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
13 English quiet 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
3 Gawwada lokko 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
31 Gurindji yamak 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.50 1.00
4 Hausa shírúu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
4 Hausa mài nàtsúwáa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
30 Hawaiian mālie 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
37 Imbabura Quechua upalla 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
27 Indonesian sepi 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
27 Indonesian tenang 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
27 Indonesian diam (2) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
27 Indonesian sunyi 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
2 Iraqw xaasl 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00
21 Japanese shizuka 静か 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
38 Kali'na itɨme 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
5 Kanuri kə́də́k 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
5 Kanuri sə́ríú 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
18 Ket unat 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.75
14 Kildin Saami suen’es’ суэнӭсь 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian śichy 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy tòny 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
28 Malagasy mangìna 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
17 Manange 4jo 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese an1jing4 安静 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
41 Mapudungun ñüküf 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
11 Old High German stilli 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
20 Oroqen ʃi:p 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi ‘yomu̲nhño 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
35 Otomi 'yo xi hño 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
35 Otomi 'yo ar za̲ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
34 Q'eqchi' k'irnak 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian liniştit 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
19 Sakha čuːmpu 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 0.50 1.00
36 Saramaccan sáápi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani čendešno 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 0.75
7 Seychelles Creole trankil 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole zin 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole silans 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili kimya 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
29 Takia malin 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
23 Thai ŋîap เงียบ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil k’un 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil vashal 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
24 Vietnamese im 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong ntsiag 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
25 White Hmong twj ywm 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
40 Wichí neweche makpak 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50
32 Yaqui kopalai 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50