Meaning 19.24: the chieftain

Description: 'leader/ruler of a tribe/clan'
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

:
0.34
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

:
0.78
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 oˤnt 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber amɣā 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta uqo 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
15 Bezhta ceweqan 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
12 Dutch leider 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
13 English chieftain 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
3 Gawwada pokolho 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
31 Gurindji ngampukuju 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
4 Hausa sárkíi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian ali`i 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
39 Hup kapitã´w 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
39 Hup yɔʔɔ̌mʔĩh 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
37 Imbabura Quechua apuk 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
27 Indonesian kepala adat 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
27 Indonesian kepala suku 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
21 Japanese shūchō 酋長 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 0.50
38 Kali'na kapiteni 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
38 Kali'na yopoto 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
5 Kanuri mâì 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
18 Ket kɯ̄j 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
14 Kildin Saami av’tmuss olma ав’тмусс олма 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
10 Lower Sorbian wjednik 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
28 Malagasy filòha 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
28 Malagasy ben’ny tàny 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
22 Mandarin Chinese qiu2zhang3 酋长 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
22 Mandarin Chinese zu2zhang3 族长 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
41 Mapudungun longko 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
11 Old High German leitâri 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
20 Oroqen dʒaŋgin 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
35 Otomi hmu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
35 Otomi ndä (2) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi tada 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi däbämuhñä 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
34 Q'eqchi' jolomil 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
34 Q'eqchi' awab'ej 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian căpetenie 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
8 Romanian şef 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
chef ( French )
19 Sakha toyon 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
19 Sakha bahɨlɨk 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
36 Saramaccan gaamá 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.75
9 Selice Romani vajda 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani vėzėtó 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 0.75
9 Selice Romani 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole sef 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole tonton 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili fumo 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
1 Swahili jumbe 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
1 Swahili shehe, shekh, sheik 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
29 Takia grma- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
23 Thai khǔn ขุน 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
23 Thai tháaw (2) ท้าว 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
23 Thai phayaa พญา 2. probably borrowed 0.75 0.50 1.00
23 Thai naayók นายก 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
24 Vietnamese thủ lĩnh 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 0.50
25 White Hmong thawj 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
40 Wichí niyat 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 1.00
32 Yaqui ya’ut 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00