Meaning 4.8541: to scratch

Description: ‘to scratch an itch’
Typical context: Don’t scratch an insect bite!
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

:		 0.09
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

:		 0.90
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 gukːəbos 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
6 Tarifiyt Berber šməz 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta xosƛo- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
26 Ceq Wong kɑc 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
12 Dutch krabben 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
13 English scratch 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
3 Gawwada xaš 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
31 Gurindji yikarrp ma- 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 0.50
4 Hausa sóosàa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian wa`u 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
39 Hup kokoj- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
37 Imbabura Quechua aspina 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
27 Indonesian menggaruk 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
2 Iraqw gweehh 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 sisito 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
5 Kanuri gàmbò 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
18 Ket inkit 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50
14 Kildin Saami suvve суввэ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian drapaś 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy mihàotra 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
17 Manange 2ʂi (2) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese sao1yang3 搔痒 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
41 Mapudungun ünan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
11 Old High German krazzôn 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
20 Oroqen ʊkɪ:- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi xe̲t'i 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi xaki 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' q'oyok 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' parok 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian a scărpina 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian a râcâi 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.50 1.00
8 Romanian a zgâria 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
19 Sakha tarbaː 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
36 Saramaccan kaási 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
36 Saramaccan kaábu 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani kaparinen 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani haruven 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 1.00 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole grate 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili -kuna 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
29 Takia -rare 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.50 1.00
23 Thai kao เกา 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil hot’ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
24 Vietnamese cào (1) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong khawb 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
40 Wichí chasmajlhi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 1.00
32 Yaqui wo’oke 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00