Meaning 20.44: to defend

Typical context: He defended himself but the robber took his wallet.
Semantic field: Warfare and hunting
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

:		 0.19
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

:		 0.81
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 cʼunas 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 0.75
6 Tarifiyt Berber ddafəʕ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta dande -ece- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
12 Dutch verdedigen 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.75
13 English defend 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
3 Gawwada kaat 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
31 Gurindji wurrwa- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
4 Hausa káarèe 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian kūpale 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
39 Hup ʔũhmæh- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
37 Imbabura Quechua mitsana 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
27 Indonesian membéla 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 1.00 0.50
27 Indonesian mempertahankan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
2 Iraqw baaq 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00
21 Japanese mamoru 守る 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
21 Japanese bōei 防衛 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 0.50
38 Kali'na ayoma 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
5 Kanuri kàltə́ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
18 Ket subet 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.75
14 Kildin Saami tuarrje туарръе 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
10 Lower Sorbian zašćitaś 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
28 Malagasy miàro 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
22 Mandarin Chinese fang2yu4 防御 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
22 Mandarin Chinese fang2shou3 防守 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
41 Mapudungun ingkan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
11 Old High German skirmen 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
35 Otomi ñäni 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi mfende 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.60 0.50
34 Q'eqchi' kolok 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian a apăra 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
19 Sakha kömüskeː 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
9 Selice Romani vídinen 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole defann 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili -linda 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
1 Swahili -kinga 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
29 Takia -prani 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 1.00 1.00
23 Thai pɔ̂ŋkan ป้องกัน 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil poh (2) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil va7an ba 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
24 Vietnamese bảo vệ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 0.50
25 White Hmong tiv thaiv 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
32 Yaqui ania (2) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00