Meaning 19.15: the town

Description: ‘an urban settlement’
Typical context: Farmers come into town to sell their produce.
Semantic field: Social and political relations
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

:		 0.47
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

:		 0.90
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 šahru 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber ŧandint 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta šähär 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
šahar ( Avar )
26 Ceq Wong pkan 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
pekan ( Malay )
12 Dutch stad 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
13 English town 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
13 English city 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
4 Hausa gàríi 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 1.00 1.00
4 Hausa bír̃níi 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian kaona 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
39 Hup hayám 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
37 Imbabura Quechua billa 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
27 Indonesian kota 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
2 Iraqw gixsa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
21 Japanese machi 街・町 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
21 Japanese toshi (2) 都市 2. probably borrowed 0.75 0.80 0.50
38 Kali'na kontele 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
5 Kanuri bə́là 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 1.00 1.00
5 Kanuri bə́rnyí 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
18 Ket kolet 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
14 Kildin Saami lann’ ланнҍ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian město 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy tanàna 2. probably borrowed 0.75 0.50 1.00
tanah ( Malay )
17 Manange 3jul 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese cheng2shi4 城市 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
41 Mapudungun pweblo 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
11 Old High German burg 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
20 Oroqen kʊtʊn 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
20 Oroqen ayir 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi dähnini 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
35 Otomi swida 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
35 Otomi dätä hnini 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
34 Q'eqchi' nimla tenamit 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
8 Romanian oraş 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
19 Sakha kuorat 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
36 Saramaccan fóto 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani fóro 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
forum ( Latin )
7 Seychelles Creole lasite 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole lavil 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili mji 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
29 Takia taon 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.60 1.00
23 Thai mʉaŋ เมือง 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
23 Thai nákhɔɔn นคร 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
23 Thai burii บุรี 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
purI ( Pali )
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil teklumal 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
24 Vietnamese thành thị 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 0.50
24 Vietnamese thành phố 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
25 White Hmong nroog 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
40 Wichí pwewulu 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
40 Wichí hepey 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 0.50
32 Yaqui bwe’u jo’ara 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50