Meaning 11.18: the thing

Description: 'concrete object of any kind'
Typical context: My brother is rich, and many things in his house are never used.
Semantic field: Possession
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

:		 0.80
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 hekɬ’ena 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber řħažəŧ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta žö 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
26 Ceq Wong mnə 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
benda ( Malay )
12 Dutch ding 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
13 English thing 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
3 Gawwada ʔolokko 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
31 Gurindji nyampayala 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
4 Hausa àbù 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian mea 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
39 Hup -teg 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
39 Hup hinín’ɨ̌h 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
37 Imbabura Quechua kosa 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
27 Indonesian barang 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
27 Indonesian benda 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
2 Iraqw gaa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00
21 Japanese mono 物 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
38 Kali'na otɨ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
5 Kanuri àwó 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
àbù ( Hausa )
18 Ket biˀ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
14 Kildin Saami viešš’ ве̄шшь 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian wěc 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy zàvatra 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00
17 Manange 3pʌrpʌ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
22 Mandarin Chinese dong1xi1 东西, 東西 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
41 Mapudungun chem rume 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
41 Mapudungun weshakelu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
20 Oroqen dʒaka 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi nt'o̲t'e (1) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
35 Otomi kosa 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.60 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' k’a’q re ru 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
8 Romanian lucru 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian obiect 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
19 Sakha mal 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
36 Saramaccan soní 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani búti 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole soz 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili kitu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
29 Takia mel 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.50 1.00
23 Thai khɔ̌ɔŋ ของ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil k’usuk 7u7un 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
24 Vietnamese đồ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong qhov 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
40 Wichí mayek 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 1.00
32 Yaqui jita 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00