Meaning 18.51: to write

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

:		 0.29
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

:		 0.83
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

:		 0.89
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 šias 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber ari 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta čäx 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
26 Ceq Wong tulis 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
tulis ( Malay )
12 Dutch schrijven 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 0.75
13 English write 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
3 Gawwada t’af 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
31 Gurindji jatajatajkarra yuwa- 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 0.50
4 Hausa r̃úbùutáa 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian kākau 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
39 Hup hɨʔ- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
37 Imbabura Quechua kilkana 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
27 Indonesian menulis 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
2 Iraqw goo'iim 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00
21 Japanese kaku 掻く(scratch, stir), 書く(write) 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 1.00 0.50
38 Kali'na melo 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
5 Kanuri rùwùtə́ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 0.50
18 Ket iriŋbet 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50
14 Kildin Saami kɨrjxe кырьйхэ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
10 Lower Sorbian pisaś 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy manòratra 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 0.50
surat ( Malay )
17 Manange 3pri 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese xie3 写, 寫 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
41 Mapudungun wirin 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 1.00 1.00
wiru ( Aymara )
11 Old High German rîzan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
20 Oroqen ɔ:- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi ot'i 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi huts'i 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' tz'iib'ak 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian a scrie 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
19 Sakha suruy 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
36 Saramaccan sikífi 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani írinen 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole ekrir 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili -andika 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
29 Takia -gre 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.50 1.00
23 Thai khǐan เขียน 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
23 Thai tâeaem แต้ม 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil tz’iba 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
24 Vietnamese viết 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong sau (2) 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 1.00 1.00
40 Wichí ilesayen 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
32 Yaqui ji’ojte 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00