Meaning 18.22: to say

Typical context: She said she'd be late.
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

:
0.03
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

:
0.93
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 bos 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber ini 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta niso- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
26 Ceq Wong bət 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
26 Ceq Wong tlɛʔ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
12 Dutch zeggen 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
13 English say 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
3 Gawwada pay 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
31 Gurindji ma- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
4 Hausa cêe 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
4 Hausa fáɗìi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian `ōlelo 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
39 Hup nɔ- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
37 Imbabura Quechua nina (1) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
27 Indonesian mengatakan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
27 Indonesian bilang 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
2 Iraqw oo' 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00
21 Japanese iu 言う 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
38 Kali'na wɨka 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
5 Kanuri nə̀ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
5 Kanuri gùltə́ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 0.50
qul ( Arabic )
18 Ket saɣabet 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.75
14 Kildin Saami ciellh’ke це̄ӆӆькэ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian groniś 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy milàza 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
17 Manange 3pi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese shuo1 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
41 Mapudungun pin 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
11 Old High German sagên 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
20 Oroqen un- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
20 Oroqen gun- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
35 Otomi xifi (1) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi xi'i 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
35 Otomi xiki 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
34 Q'eqchi' yehok 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian a spune 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian a zice 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
19 Sakha et (2) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
19 Sakha die 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
36 Saramaccan táki 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani phenen 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 1.00 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole dir (2) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili -sema 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 1.00 1.00
1 Swahili -ambia 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
29 Takia -bol 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
23 Thai phûut (1) พูด 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
23 Thai bɔ̀ɔk บอก 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil 7al 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
24 Vietnamese nói 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong hais 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
40 Wichí yuk 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 1.00
40 Wichí fwelh 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
32 Yaqui tejwa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00