Meaning 1.213: the dust

Description: 'dry powder consisting of extremely small bits of matter, found outside or inside buildings'
Typical context: The house had not been cleaned and there was dust on the furniture.
Semantic field: The physical world
Semantic category: Noun
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

:
0.23
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

:
0.89
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

:
0.93
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 gun 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 0.50 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber ŧaʕəžžašŧ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber ŧaɣəbbā’ŧ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta pax 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta got’ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
26 Ceq Wong hmɛ̃c 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
12 Dutch stof (1) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
13 English dust 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
3 Gawwada tullufo 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
31 Gurindji jurtu 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
jurdu ( Jaru )
4 Hausa ƙùuráa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian `ehu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
39 Hup mɔy j’ɨ̌k 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
37 Imbabura Quechua allpa jaku 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
27 Indonesian debu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
27 Indonesian serdak 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
27 Indonesian duli 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
2 Iraqw teeri 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
21 Japanese hokori 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
38 Kali'na ekɨine 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
5 Kanuri bə́rbə̀r 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
18 Ket huˀs 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
14 Kildin Saami puenn пуэнн 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian proch 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian kuŕ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy vòvoka 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
17 Manange 4pʰɾa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese hui1chen2 灰尘 (灰塵) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
41 Mapudungun trufür 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
41 Mapudungun trufken 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
11 Old High German stoub 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
20 Oroqen tɔ:rag 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
35 Otomi fonthai 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
34 Q'eqchi' poqs 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian praf 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
8 Romanian pulbere 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
19 Sakha bɨːl 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
19 Sakha buor 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
36 Saramaccan gudugúdu 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.90 1.00
36 Saramaccan súndju 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani praho 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole lapousyer 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili vumbi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
29 Takia gfgaf 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
23 Thai fùn ฝุ่น 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
23 Thai la?ɔɔŋ ละออง 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
23 Thai phǒŋ ผง 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil 7ik'ubal 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil pukuk 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
24 Vietnamese bụi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong hmoov av 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 0.50
25 White Hmong plua tshauv 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
40 Wichí hulu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
40 Wichí lamukw 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 1.00
32 Yaqui toochia 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00