Meaning 17.48: to try

Description:	‘to attempt (to do something)’
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 :	0.35
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 :	0.81
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 :	0.83

Counterpart words in the World Loanword Database
Voc. ID	Vocabulary	Word Form	Original Script	Borrowed status	Borrowed score	Age score	Simplicity score	Source Words
6	Tarifiyt Berber	pr’uƀā		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	1.00	1.00	probar ( Spanish )
6	Tarifiyt Berber	qəǧǧəƀ		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	1.00	1.00	qəlləb ( Arabic (Moroccan) ) qallaba ( Classical Arabic )
6	Tarifiyt Berber	ʕayā		4. very little evidence for borrowing	0.25	1.00	1.00	Unidentifiable
15	Bezhta	häräkät baɣo-		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.50
26	Ceq Wong	patuʔ		3. perhaps borrowed	0.50	0.50	1.00
12	Dutch	proberen		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	1.00	0.75	probare ( Latin )
12	Dutch	trachten		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.90	0.75	tractare ( Latin )
13	English	try		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	1.00	1.00	trier ( French ) triāre ( Late Latin )
3	Gawwada	teemmi		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
31	Gurindji	majka		3. perhaps borrowed	0.50	0.50	1.00
4	Hausa	gwádàa		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
4	Hausa	jár̃r̃àbáa		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	1.00	1.00	jarraba ( Arabic )
30	Hawaiian	ho`ā`o		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.90	0.50
39	Hup	-key-		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	1.00
37	Imbabura Quechua	malina		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.75
27	Indonesian	mencoba		4. very little evidence for borrowing	0.25	1.00	0.50
2	Iraqw	ii'ar		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	1.00
21	Japanese	kokoromiru	試みる	5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.75
21	Japanese	tamesu	試す	5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
38	Kali'na	weku		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	1.00
5	Kanuri	járáptə́		2. probably borrowed	0.75	0.70	0.50	jarawa ( Hausa )
5	Kanuri	ngə̀stà		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50
18	Ket	botɯŋbet		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.70	0.75
14	Kildin Saami	veаl-vuer	вял-вуэр	5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.75
10	Lower Sorbian	wopytaś		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50
28	Malagasy	manàndrana		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.50
17	Manange	2kʌtti 1lʌ		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.50
22	Mandarin Chinese	shi4	试,試	5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
41	Mapudungun	azümazümtun		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50
11	Old High German	bisuohhen		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50
20	Oroqen	tʃəndə-		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	1.00
35	Otomi	tsa̲pi		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.60	1.00
34	Q'eqchi'	yalok		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
8	Romanian	a încerca		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50
19	Sakha	-A sataː		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	1.00	0.50	čida (Literary Mongolian), šada (Buryat), čada (Khalkha) ( Mongolic )
36	Saramaccan	poobá		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.90	1.00	provar ( Suriname Portuguese )
9	Selice Romani	próbinen		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.90	1.00	prób ( Hungarian ) prob-ā-re ( Latin )
9	Selice Romani	próbálinen		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.90	0.75	próbál ( Hungarian ) prob-ā-re ( Latin )
7	Seychelles Creole	seye		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.90	1.00
7	Seychelles Creole	tante		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.90	1.00
7	Seychelles Creole	tase		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.90	1.00
1	Swahili	-jaribu		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	1.00	1.00	ğarraba (II) ( Arabic )
29	Takia	-ga -le		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.50
23	Thai	phayaayaam	พยายาม	1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.50	1.00	vyAyAma ( Sanskrit )
33	Zinacantán Tzotzil	pas preva		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.50	0.50	preva ( Spanish )
24	Vietnamese	thử		2. probably borrowed	0.75	1.00	1.00	(EH) *sh@h (試, shì) ( Old Chinese )
25	White Hmong	sim		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.50	1.00	shè (fǎ) ( Chinese )
40	Wichí	yelhta		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.70	1.00
32	Yaqui	bitne		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.90	1.00
32	Yaqui	jiune		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.70	1.00
32	Yaqui	probaroa		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.90	0.75	probar ( Spanish )