Meaning 18.15: to whisper

Semantic field: Speech and language
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

:		 0.16
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

:		 0.76
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 šušbos 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
6 Tarifiyt Berber təmtəm 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta püšük’da- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
26 Ceq Wong kisɛh 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
12 Dutch fluisteren 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.75
13 English whisper 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
3 Gawwada háš pay 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
31 Gurindji kiyakiyap ma- 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 0.50
4 Hausa ráɗàa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian hāwanawana 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
39 Hup ʔɨdcacay- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
37 Imbabura Quechua rimarina 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
27 Indonesian berbisik 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
2 Iraqw sisaahh 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
21 Japanese sasayaku 囁く 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
38 Kali'na maname aulana 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
5 Kanuri tàttàwí 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
18 Ket siverej 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.75
14 Kildin Saami saf’kse сафьксэ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
10 Lower Sorbian šepotaś 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy mibitsibìtsika 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 0.50
bisik ( Malay )
22 Mandarin Chinese er3yu3 耳语 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
41 Mapudungun kafkün 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
11 Old High German rûnên 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
20 Oroqen ʃo:da- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi njont'u̲ne 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
34 Q'eqchi' hasb'ak 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian a şop(o)ti 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 0.50
19 Sakha sibiginey 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
9 Selice Romani šušoginen 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole koz dan zorey 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
7 Seychelles Creole koz dousman 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
1 Swahili -nong’ona 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
29 Takia kssik -bol 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
23 Thai krasíp กระซิบ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil mishmish k’op 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil vishvish k’op 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
24 Vietnamese xì xào 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong ntxhi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
40 Wichí isamsama 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
32 Yaqui kuchichi’iti nooka 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50