Meaning 16.37: to cry

Description: ‘to weep’
Semantic field: Emotions and values
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

:		 0.13
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

:		 0.92
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 ecas 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber ru 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta -ĩya- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
26 Ceq Wong njəm 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
12 Dutch huilen 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
12 Dutch wenen 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
13 English cry 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
13 English weep 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
3 Gawwada ʔooy 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
31 Gurindji lungkarra karri- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
4 Hausa kúuká 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian uē 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
39 Hup ʔɔt- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
37 Imbabura Quechua wakana 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
27 Indonesian menangis 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
2 Iraqw /aa/ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00
21 Japanese naku 泣く 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 1.00 1.00
38 Kali'na watamo 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
38 Kali'na ko'ta 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
5 Kanuri sô 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
18 Ket den (1) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
14 Kildin Saami lūjjh’ke лӯҋҋкэ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian płakaś 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy mi-tomàny 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
17 Manange 1kra 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese ku1 哭 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 1.00 1.00
41 Mapudungun ngüman 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
41 Mapudungun waylü- 2. probably borrowed 0.75 0.50 1.00
11 Old High German weinôn 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
20 Oroqen ʃɔŋɔ- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi zoni 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' yaab'ak 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
8 Romanian a plânge 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
19 Sakha ɨtaː 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
19 Sakha soŋoː 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
36 Saramaccan këë́ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani roven 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole gele 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole plere 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili -lia (1) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
29 Takia -tata 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
23 Thai rɔ́ɔŋhâay ร้องไห้ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil 7ok’ (2) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
24 Vietnamese khóc 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong quaj 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong nyiav 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 1.00 1.00
40 Wichí tafwlhi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 1.00
32 Yaqui bwaana 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00