Meaning 4.215: to blink

Description:	‘to shut and open one’s eyes quickly’
Typical context:	I blinked as I came out into the sunlight.
Semantic field:	The body
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 :	0.14
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 :	0.74

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	parsbos		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.75
6	Tarifiyt Berber	ɣməz		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	1.00	1.00	ɣməz ( Arabic (Moroccan) ) ɣamaza ( Classical Arabic )
15	Bezhta	bäq’dä-		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.50
26	Ceq Wong	kilep		2. probably borrowed	0.75	0.50	1.00	kelip ( Malay )
12	Dutch	knipperen		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.70	0.50
13	English	blink		3. perhaps borrowed	0.50	1.00	1.00	blenken ( Dutch )
3	Gawwada	ripripis		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50
31	Gurindji	nyimij		2. probably borrowed	0.75	1.00	1.00	yimij ( Jaminjung )
4	Hausa	ƙíftàa		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
30	Hawaiian	`i`imo		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.90	0.50
39	Hup	ʔɔ̃hwiŋ-		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.75
37	Imbabura Quechua	kapitsina		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.75
27	Indonesian	berkedip		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
2	Iraqw	kwislit		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.75
21	Japanese	mabataki	瞬き	5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50
38	Kali'na	episamɨ		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	1.00
5	Kanuri	nzə̀místə́		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50
18	Ket	laɣaj		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.70	0.75
14	Kildin Saami	cɨrmšuvve	цырмшуввэ	5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.75
10	Lower Sorbian	mykotaś		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
28	Malagasy	mipy		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.50
17	Manange	tʃipli tʃipli		3. perhaps borrowed	0.50	0.50	1.00	cimlanu ( Nepali )
22	Mandarin Chinese	zha3ba	眨巴	5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.50
22	Mandarin Chinese	zha3yan3	眨眼	5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.50
41	Mapudungun	ṉümiṉümitun		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
11	Old High German	brâwezzen		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50
20	Oroqen	balɪ-		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	1.00
35	Otomi	k'wi'mu̲da̲		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.90	0.50
34	Q'eqchi'	eek'asink rix u		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50
34	Q'eqchi'	yuqyuqink		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.75
34	Q'eqchi'	rik'ok		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
34	Q'eqchi'	mutz'mutz'ink		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50
8	Romanian	a clipi		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.50	1.00	klepati ( Slavic )
19	Sakha	čapčɨlɨy, čɨpčɨlɨy		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50	čabči (Literary Mongolian) ( Mongolic )
36	Saramaccan	fón wójo		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.90	0.50
9	Selice Romani	pillogatinen		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.90	1.00	*pillogat ( Hungarian )
9	Selice Romani	kačingatinen		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.90	1.00	kacsingat ( Hungarian )
7	Seychelles Creole	bat lizye		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.90	0.50
1	Swahili	-pepesa (macho)		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.50
1	Swahili	-kopesa (macho)		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50
29	Takia	-puk -klakil		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.50
23	Thai	phríp	พริบ	5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
33	Zinacantán Tzotzil	mutz’ilan		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
24	Vietnamese	nháy		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
25	White Hmong	ntsais muag		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50	tsrɛp ( Middle Chinese )
40	Wichí	tatets’im		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.70	1.00
32	Yaqui	kupikte		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50