Meaning 16.622: to choose

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

:		 0.14
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

:		 0.83
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

:		 0.84
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 ek’as 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber ixđ’ā 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta hak’ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
26 Ceq Wong pilih 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
pilih ( Malay )
12 Dutch kiezen 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
13 English choose 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 1.00 1.00
3 Gawwada woʔaɗ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
31 Gurindji ngatji ma- 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.50 0.50
4 Hausa zàaɓáa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian koho 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
39 Hup hid- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
37 Imbabura Quechua akllana (1) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
27 Indonesian memilih 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
2 Iraqw tsawaar 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00
21 Japanese erabu 選ぶ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
21 Japanese sentaku (2) 選択 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 0.50
38 Kali'na imenka 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
5 Kanuri kàrtə́ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
18 Ket qòs 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
14 Kildin Saami voalše воалшэ 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian wubraś 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
28 Malagasy mifìdy 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
17 Manange 2kre 1lʌ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
22 Mandarin Chinese xuan3ze2 选择 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
22 Mandarin Chinese xuan3 选,選 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
41 Mapudungun zullin 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
11 Old High German kiosan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
20 Oroqen ɪlga- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi jwahni 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' sik'ok u 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
34 Q'eqchi' molok 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' tihok u 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
8 Romanian a alege 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
19 Sakha tal 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
9 Selice Romani válostinen 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole swazir 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili -chagua 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
29 Takia -plani 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 1.00 1.00
23 Thai lʉ̂ak เลือก 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil t’uh 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
24 Vietnamese chọn 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong xaiv 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 0.50 1.00
40 Wichí iyaynhen 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50
32 Yaqui yeu pua 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50