Meaning 17.37: certain

Typical context: It is certain that the theft occurred during the night.
Semantic field: Cognition
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

:		 0.33
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

:		 0.82
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 ik'ʷ ostitːut 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
6 Tarifiyt Berber siɣur’u 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber ulaƀudd 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
12 Dutch zeker 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
13 English certain 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
13 English sure 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
3 Gawwada ɗukata 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
4 Hausa tábbàt 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian maopopo loa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
39 Hup tɨhɨ́tyɨʔ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
37 Imbabura Quechua siguru 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
27 Indonesian pasti 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
27 Indonesian tentu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
27 Indonesian yakin 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
21 Japanese tashika 確か 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
38 Kali'na ipolone 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
5 Kanuri táwàt 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
14 Kildin Saami vūjjk вӯййк 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian wěsty 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy màrina 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
22 Mandarin Chinese ken3ding4 肯定 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
22 Mandarin Chinese que4ding4 确定 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
41 Mapudungun rüf 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
11 Old High German giwis 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
20 Oroqen tədʒə 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi makwäni 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' ch'olch'o 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian cert 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian sigur 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian neîndoios 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
19 Sakha saːrbaɣa suoχ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
36 Saramaccan sóífi 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani bistošno 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole serten 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole sir 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili hakika 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
29 Takia mel-rmok 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
23 Thai nâenɔɔn แน่นอน 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil melel 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
24 Vietnamese chắc 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong paub tseeb 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
40 Wichí matche 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 1.00
32 Yaqui tua 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00