Meaning 18.36: to promise

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

:		 0.32
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

:		 0.82
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

:		 0.70
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 čʼat kɬos 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
6 Tarifiyt Berber ʕahəđ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta ƛ’odo -ox- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
12 Dutch beloven 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
13 English promise 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
3 Gawwada pako teeh 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
31 Gurindji ngungung ma- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
4 Hausa yí àlkáwár̃ìi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
qawl ( Arabic )
30 Hawaiian ho`ohiki 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
37 Imbabura Quechua ufrisina 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 0.75
27 Indonesian berjanji 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
21 Japanese yakusoku 約束 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 0.50
38 Kali'na wɨka 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
5 Kanuri wàdə̀ gòtə́ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
14 Kildin Saami ošš’tje ошшьтъе 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
10 Lower Sorbian lubiś 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy mampanantèna 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
28 Malagasy manòme tòky 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
17 Manange na na 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
22 Mandarin Chinese da1ying 答应, 答應 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
22 Mandarin Chinese cheng2nuo4 承诺, 承諾 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50
41 Mapudungun feman pin 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
11 Old High German giheizan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
35 Otomi ñät'i 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' sumenk ru aatin 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
8 Romanian a promite 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
8 Romanian făgădui 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
19 Sakha tɨl bier 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
36 Saramaccan paamúsi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani priminen 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole promet 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili -ahidi 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
29 Takia promis 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.60 1.00
23 Thai sǎnyaa สัญญา 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil 7ak’ k’op 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil 7al k’op 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
24 Vietnamese hứa 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
24 Vietnamese thề 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong cog lus 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
40 Wichí ifwenhu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 0.50
32 Yaqui prometiaroa 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 0.75