Meaning 18.32: to answer

Typical context: I asked him where his mother was, but he didn't answer.
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

:		 0.22
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

:		 0.85
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 žawab kɬos 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 0.50
žawab ( Avar )
6 Tarifiyt Berber arr 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber wažəƀ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta žawab niƛ- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
26 Ceq Wong tamɑh 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
26 Ceq Wong jawap 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
jawab ( Malay )
12 Dutch antwoorden 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
13 English answer 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
13 English reply 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 0.75
3 Gawwada holas 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
31 Gurindji jangat pu- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
4 Hausa ámsàa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
4 Hausa báa dà jàwáabìi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
30 Hawaiian pane 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
39 Hup g’ætd’oʔ- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
37 Imbabura Quechua kutichina 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
27 Indonesian menjawab 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 0.50
27 Indonesian membalas 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
27 Indonesian menyahut 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
2 Iraqw tlaaxw 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00
21 Japanese kotaeru 答える 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
21 Japanese henji 返事 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
38 Kali'na eyuku 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
5 Kanuri mògò 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
5 Kanuri jààptà 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 0.50
5 Kanuri jàáwù 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
18 Ket ig 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
14 Kildin Saami vuesstle вуэсстлэ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
10 Lower Sorbian wótgroniś 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
28 Malagasy mamàly 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
17 Manange leŋ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese hui2da2 回答 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
41 Mapudungun wiñolzungun 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
11 Old High German antwurten 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
20 Oroqen dʒarɪwla- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
20 Oroqen karɪwla:- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi thädi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi thäti 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi kots'i 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' chaq'b'enk 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
34 Q'eqchi' sumenk 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian a răspunde 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
19 Sakha eppietteː 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
19 Sakha χoruydaː 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
36 Saramaccan píki 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani fėlėlinen 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole reponn 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili -jibu 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
29 Takia awa- -abi (2) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
23 Thai tɔ̀ɔp ตอบ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
23 Thai chalə̌əy เฉลย 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil tak’ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
24 Vietnamese trả lời 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
25 White Hmong teb (2) 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 1.00 1.00
40 Wichí nichelhu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 0.50
32 Yaqui yoopna 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00