Meaning 24.01: to be

Semantic field: Miscellaneous function words
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

:		 0.07
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

:		 0.86
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

:		 0.95
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 i 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber iři 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta zuq’o- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
26 Ceq Wong wəʔ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
12 Dutch zijn 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
13 English be 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
3 Gawwada ʕak 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
31 Gurindji karri- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
39 Hup ni- 2. probably borrowed 0.75 0.50 1.00
nii ( Tukano )
37 Imbabura Quechua kana 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
27 Indonesian ada, berada 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
27 Indonesian merupakan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
27 Indonesian menjadi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
21 Japanese da だ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
38 Kali'na wai 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
18 Ket esaŋ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
14 Kildin Saami lījje лӣйе 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian byś 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy mìsy 2. probably borrowed 0.75 0.50 0.50
17 Manange 1mo 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese shi4 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
41 Mapudungun mülen 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
11 Old High German wesan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
20 Oroqen bi- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi ja 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi nja 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi ‘bui 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' wank 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian a fi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
19 Sakha e 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
19 Sakha buol (1) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
36 Saramaccan saí 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
36 Saramaccan dë́ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani oven (2) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
1 Swahili -wa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
23 Thai pen เป็น 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
23 Thai yùu อยู่ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
23 Thai khʉʉ คือ 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 0.50 1.00
24 Vietnamese là 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong yog 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong nyob 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
40 Wichí ihi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 1.00
40 Wichí hope 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 1.00