Meaning 1.411: the savanna

Description: 'a large open grassland in tropical and subtropical regions'
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

:
0.58
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

:
0.76
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
6 Tarifiyt Berber ddəmnəŧ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
12 Dutch savanne 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
13 English savanna 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
31 Gurindji pakara 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
4 Hausa dáajìi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian sawana 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.60 1.00
37 Imbabura Quechua pamba 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
27 Indonesian sabana 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
2 Iraqw tsee/aa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00
21 Japanese saban’na サバンナ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
38 Kali'na wo’i 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
14 Kildin Saami savánna саванна 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian sawana 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
35 Otomi dätä k'ants'u̲'batha 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
34 Q'eqchi' sabana 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
8 Romanian savană 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
36 Saramaccan sabána 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole lasavann 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
1 Swahili mbuga 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 1.00 1.00
1 Swahili nyika 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
1 Swahili savana 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
29 Takia brai 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.50 1.00
23 Thai sawannâa 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
24 Vietnamese thảo nguyên 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 0.50
40 Wichí tayhi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 1.00
32 Yaqui pa’aria 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50