Meaning 17.47: difficult

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

:
0.25
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

:
0.84
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

:
0.85
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 balatːut 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 0.50
balah ( Avar )
6 Tarifiyt Berber qsəħ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber wʕā’ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta zahmatab 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
15 Bezhta -äq’q’ö 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
26 Ceq Wong susɑh 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
susah ( Malay )
26 Ceq Wong payɑh 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
payah ( Malay )
12 Dutch moeilijk 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
13 English difficult 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
3 Gawwada rakko 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
4 Hausa mài wùyáa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
30 Hawaiian pa`akīkī 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
39 Hup hamhũynɨ́h 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
37 Imbabura Quechua sinchi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
27 Indonesian susah 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
27 Indonesian sulit 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
27 Indonesian sukar 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
2 Iraqw gawid 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00
21 Japanese muzukashii 難しい 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
21 Japanese konnan 困難 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 0.50
38 Kali'na tupime 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
5 Kanuri jâu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
18 Ket səə 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
14 Kildin Saami rēss’es’ рэ̄ссесь 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
10 Lower Sorbian śěžki 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy sàrotra 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
17 Manange 4kole-1kʰʌ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
22 Mandarin Chinese nan2 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
41 Mapudungun küzawngelu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
11 Old High German unsemfti 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
20 Oroqen mani 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi xi hñei 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
35 Otomi xi hñembi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
34 Q'eqchi' ch'a'aj 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian greu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian dificil 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
19 Sakha ɨaraχan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
36 Saramaccan taánga 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani pháro 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole difisil 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili -gumu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
29 Takia mrwa- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
23 Thai yâak ยาก 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil vokol 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
24 Vietnamese khó 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong nyuaj, nyuab 2. probably borrowed 0.75 0.80 1.00
nyaak ( Lao )
40 Wichí atha 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
32 Yaqui obiachi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00