Meaning 18.42: to call(2)

Description: ‘to give a name’
Typical context: The parents decided to call their son David.
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

:		 0.08
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

:		 0.80
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

:		 0.69
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 aʔbos 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
6 Tarifiyt Berber səmma 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta niso- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
26 Ceq Wong pncoʔ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
12 Dutch noemen 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
13 English call (2) 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
3 Gawwada makahko teeh 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
31 Gurindji tal pa- 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 0.50 0.50
4 Hausa kíráa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian hea (2) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
39 Hup hǎt ʔey- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
37 Imbabura Quechua kayarina 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
27 Indonesian menamakan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
27 Indonesian menamai 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
2 Iraqw babaw 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
21 Japanese yobu 呼ぶ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
21 Japanese nazukeru 名付ける 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
38 Kali'na eyato 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
5 Kanuri cû tà 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
18 Ket eskej 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50
14 Kildin Saami nemmde нэммдэ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
10 Lower Sorbian groniś 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy manào hoe 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
22 Mandarin Chinese jiao4 (2) 叫, 叫 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
41 Mapudungun üyelün 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
11 Old High German heizan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
20 Oroqen ə:ri- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi hut'i 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi ar hugi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
35 Otomi ma thuhu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
35 Otomi ar hu'i 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
35 Otomi ir thuhu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
35 Otomi ar hu'ä 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
35 Otomi ár thuhu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
34 Q'eqchi' k'ab'a'ink 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
8 Romanian a chema 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian a numi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
19 Sakha aːttaː 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
36 Saramaccan kái 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani akharen 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
9 Selice Romani nevezinen 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 0.75
7 Seychelles Creole apele, aple 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili -ita 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
29 Takia yaŋa- -bol 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
23 Thai rîak เรียก 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil biin 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
24 Vietnamese gọi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong tis npe 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
40 Wichí iwulheya 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50
32 Yaqui tea 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00