Meaning 18.221: to tell

Description:	‘tell (a story)’
Typical context:	Our grandmother told us a story.
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 :	0.14
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 :	0.79
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 :	0.77

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	ʕawəđ (1)		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	1.00	1.00	ʕawəd ( Arabic (Moroccan) ) ʕāwada ( Classical Arabic )
15	Bezhta	-ẽye-		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	1.00
26	Ceq Wong	citərə		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.50	1.00	citera ( Malay )
12	Dutch	vertellen		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50
13	English	tell		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
3	Gawwada	haaš		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
31	Gurindji	piyarrp ma-		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.50
4	Hausa	gáyàa		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
30	Hawaiian	ha`i		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
39	Hup	pɨnɨŋ-		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	1.00
37	Imbabura Quechua	yupana (2)		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.75
27	Indonesian	menceritakan		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50	carita ( Sanskrit )
2	Iraqw	alkii/		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00		0.50
21	Japanese	kataru	語る	5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
38	Kali'na	ekalitɨ		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	1.00
5	Kanuri	gùltə́		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	1.00	0.50	qul ( Arabic )
18	Ket	kìj		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.70	1.00
14	Kildin Saami	moajnse	моайнсэ	5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.50
10	Lower Sorbian	wulicowaś		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50
28	Malagasy	mitantàra		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.50	0.50	tǝntara ( Malay ) tantra- ( Sanskrit )
17	Manange	3pi		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
22	Mandarin Chinese	jiang3shu4	讲述	5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.50
22	Mandarin Chinese	jiang3 (2)	讲, 講	5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
41	Mapudungun	epewtun		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50
41	Mapudungun	nütramtun		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50
11	Old High German	zellen		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50
20	Oroqen	nɪmŋakan-		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	1.00
35	Otomi	pede nthogi		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.50
35	Otomi	mä nthogi		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.50
34	Q'eqchi'	saaraq'ik		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50
8	Romanian	a povesti		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.50
19	Sakha	kepseː		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	1.00
19	Sakha	sehergeː		3. perhaps borrowed	0.50	1.00	0.50	sečerke (Literary Mongolian) ( Mongolic )
36	Saramaccan	kondá		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.90	1.00	contar ( Suriname Portuguese )
9	Selice Romani	vakeren		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
7	Seychelles Creole	akonte, rakonte		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.90	1.00
1	Swahili	-simulia		3. perhaps borrowed	0.50	1.00	1.00	sāmara (III) ( Arabic )
29	Takia	-pas		4. very little evidence for borrowing	0.25	0.50	1.00
23	Thai	lâo (2)	เล่า	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
33	Zinacantán Tzotzil	7ut		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
24	Vietnamese	cho biết		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50
25	White Hmong	qhia		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	1.00
40	Wichí	yomey (2)		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.80	0.50
32	Yaqui	teuwa		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00