Meaning 22.24: to curse

Semantic field: Religion and belief
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

:
0.17
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

:
0.77
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

:
0.77
Counterpart words in the World Loanword Database
Voc. ID Vocabulary Word Form Original Script Borrowed status Borrowed score Age score Simplicity score Source Words
6 Tarifiyt Berber nʕəř 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta näʔänä bow 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
12 Dutch vervloeken 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
13 English curse 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
3 Gawwada ɗaɠɠis 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
31 Gurindji nyinya ma- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
4 Hausa yí tír̃ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
4 Hausa tsíinèe wà 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
30 Hawaiian kūamuamu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
39 Hup doh- 2. probably borrowed 0.75 0.50 1.00
27 Indonesian mengutuk 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
27 Indonesian mencaci-maki 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
2 Iraqw lu'us 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
21 Japanese norou 呪う 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
38 Kali'na akama 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
5 Kanuri bárgà gótə́ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
14 Kildin Saami oarrhtе оаҏҏтэ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian zaklinaś 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy manòzona 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
28 Malagasy manòmpa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50
17 Manange 1sʌrʌp 1lʌ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 0.50
22 Mandarin Chinese zu3zhou4 诅咒 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
41 Mapudungun malisian 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
11 Old High German leidazzen 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
20 Oroqen kara- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi tsani 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' hob'ok 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian a blestema 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
19 Sakha kɨraː 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
36 Saramaccan sibá 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani átkozinen 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani košen 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole modi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole donn malediksyon 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 0.50
1 Swahili -apiza 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
1 Swahili -laani 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
29 Takia -mslani 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 1.00 1.00
23 Thai châeŋ แช่ง 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
23 Thai sàapchâeŋ สาบแช่ง 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil 7ak ta maltisyon 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50
24 Vietnamese nguyền rủa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
25 White Hmong foom phem 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
40 Wichí ithate lhomet toj ni’isa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50
32 Yaqui jaaniawa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50