Meaning 9.342: to press

Description: 'push something firmly against a surface'
Typical context: The little boys pressed their noses against the glass.
Semantic field: Basic actions and technology
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

:
0.20
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

:
0.82
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

:
0.86
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 č'uˤmmus 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber ʕəbbəz’ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber bbəz’ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta q’azi -ow- 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 0.50
26 Ceq Wong tkan 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
tekan ( Malay )
12 Dutch drukken 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
13 English press 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
3 Gawwada kuut’ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
31 Gurindji nut papa- 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 0.50
4 Hausa dánnàa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian kaomi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
39 Hup m’æc- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
37 Imbabura Quechua ajustana 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 0.75
27 Indonesian menekan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
27 Indonesian memencét 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 0.50
2 Iraqw tsoo/ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00
21 Japanese osu (2) 押す 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
5 Kanuri mbə́ltə́ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
18 Ket hataŋbet 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50
14 Kildin Saami paǯe падже 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian tłocyś 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy manèry 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
22 Mandarin Chinese ya1 (2) 压, 壓 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese ji3 挤, 擠 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese ya1po4 压迫 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
41 Mapudungun ngürin 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
11 Old High German thrucken 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
20 Oroqen tirə- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi dut'i 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi ts'its'i 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' nat'ok 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian a apăsa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
8 Romanian a presa 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
19 Sakha battaː 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
36 Saramaccan zín 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani ňominen, ňuminen 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole perse 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole apiye 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili -gandamiza 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
29 Takia -apa-si 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
23 Thai kòt กด 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
23 Thai nâap นาบ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
23 Thai nâeaep แนบ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
24 Vietnamese ép 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong tswm 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
40 Wichí hits’ifwinhu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50
32 Yaqui kutta 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00