Meaning 17.38: to explain

Semantic field: Cognition
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

:		 0.28
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

:		 0.74
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 jaq’ˤan as 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 0.50 0.50
6 Tarifiyt Berber ssəfhəm 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
6 Tarifiyt Berber šarrəħ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta bidži -ow- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
12 Dutch uitleggen 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
13 English explain 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
3 Gawwada ʔaras 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
4 Hausa báyyànáa 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian wehewehe 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.75
39 Hup tɔ̃h- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
37 Imbabura Quechua willana 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
27 Indonesian menjelaskan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
27 Indonesian menerangkan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
2 Iraqw aldaakw 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
21 Japanese setsumei 説明 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 0.50
38 Kali'na ekalitɨ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
5 Kanuri bàyèntə́ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 0.50
18 Ket kìj 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
14 Kildin Saami māt’xe ма̄тҍхэ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
10 Lower Sorbian wujasniś 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
28 Malagasy manazàva 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
17 Manange 1tẽ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese jie3shi4 解释 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
41 Mapudungun nütramzungun 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
11 Old High German gioffanôn 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
35 Otomi xifi (1) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' ch'olok 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian a lămuri 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
8 Romanian a explica 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
19 Sakha bɨhaːr 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
36 Saramaccan púu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani maďarázinen 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole eksplike 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.80 1.00
1 Swahili -eleza 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
29 Takia -flale 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
23 Thai ?àthíbaay อธิบาย 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil chap 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
24 Vietnamese giảng giải 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 0.50
25 White Hmong piav 2. probably borrowed 0.75 0.50 1.00
40 Wichí yithathu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
32 Yaqui tetejwa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50