Meaning 1.87: the match

Description: 'a small wooden stick used to light a fire'
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

:		 0.67
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

:		 0.74
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

:		 0.87
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 pilti 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber ššʕəř 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber z’alamit’ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
15 Bezhta picka 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
26 Ceq Wong ʔɔs 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
12 Dutch lucifer 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
13 English match 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
3 Gawwada kipraate 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
31 Gurindji kirrim-kaji 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 0.50
kerrem ( Kija )
4 Hausa àsháanáa 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
39 Hup teg cáʔ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 0.50
37 Imbabura Quechua fúsfuru 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
27 Indonesian korék api 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
2 Iraqw kibriiti 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
21 Japanese matchi マッチ, original ateji spelling 燐寸 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
myxa ( Latin )
38 Kali'na suwapulu 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
5 Kanuri àsháná 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
18 Ket piska 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
14 Kildin Saami spička спичка 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian zapalka 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50
10 Lower Sorbian strajcholc 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy afokàsika 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
28 Malagasy afokàsoka 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
17 Manange miʃʌr 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 0.70 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese huo3chai2 火柴 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 0.50
41 Mapudungun kütral 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
41 Mapudungun foforo 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
11 Old High German zunt(a)ra 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
20 Oroqen pitʃikə 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
20 Oroqen tʃüdəŋ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
35 Otomi mfe̲ts'i 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
35 Otomi nthe̲ti 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
35 Otomi nts'o̲ke 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
35 Otomi siriyo 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi seriyo 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.60 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' poos 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
8 Romanian chibrit 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
19 Sakha ispiːske 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
36 Saramaccan suwálufu 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani ďújtó 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole zalimet 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 0.50 1.00
1 Swahili kiberiti 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
29 Takia masis 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.60 1.00
29 Takia snub 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.50 1.00
23 Thai máaykhìit ไม้ขีด 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil posporo 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil serio 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
24 Vietnamese diêm 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong ntais ntawv 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
40 Wichí fwufwulu 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
32 Yaqui seriom 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
32 Yaqui pojporo 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00