Meaning 18.18: to shriek

Description: ‘to make a very high, loud sound’
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

:
0.18
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

:
0.76
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

:
0.86
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 c’irbos 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
6 Tarifiyt Berber ssɣuyy 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
15 Bezhta k’aʔda- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
26 Ceq Wong karaw 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
12 Dutch krijsen 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
12 Dutch schreeuwen 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
13 English shriek 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 0.90 1.00
3 Gawwada riir 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 1.00 1.00
riir ( Konso )
31 Gurindji wartayip karri- 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 0.50 0.50
4 Hausa yí ƙáaráa 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 1.00 0.50
30 Hawaiian pū`alalā 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
39 Hup pĩk- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
37 Imbabura Quechua kaparina 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
27 Indonesian menjerit 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
2 Iraqw kwisliit 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
21 Japanese himei o ageru 悲鳴を上げる 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 0.50
21 Japanese wameku 喚く 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
38 Kali'na ko’ta 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
5 Kanuri ndə́rtə́ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
18 Ket həlin 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
14 Kildin Saami pɨččke пыччке 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian kwicaś 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy mikiakìaka 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
22 Mandarin Chinese jian1jiao4 尖叫 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
11 Old High German scrîan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
35 Otomi mafi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
35 Otomi nts'ihni 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' yaab'ak 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
8 Romanian a ţipa 2. probably borrowed 0.75 0.50 1.00
piti ( Slavic )
8 Romanian a zbiera 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian a răcni 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
19 Sakha časkɨy 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 1.00 0.75
9 Selice Romani ordítinen 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani ňerítinen 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani šikójtinen 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole gele 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole irle 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili unyende 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
29 Takia -sasai-li 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
23 Thai wìit หวีด 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
24 Vietnamese la 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong qw nrov 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
32 Yaqui bwaana 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00