Meaning 20.23: the sling

Semantic field: Warfare and hunting
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

:		 0.31
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

:		 0.79
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

:		 0.83
Counterpart words in the World Loanword Database
Voc. ID Vocabulary Word Form Original Script Borrowed status Borrowed score Age score Simplicity score Source Words
15 Bezhta qälämčäʔkö 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
15 Bezhta k’abi 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 1.00 1.00
12 Dutch katapult 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
13 English sling 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
31 Gurindji jangayi 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
4 Hausa májájjáawaa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian ma`a 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
37 Imbabura Quechua waraka 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
27 Indonesian ketapél 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
2 Iraqw kukumáy 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
21 Japanese tōsekiki 投石器 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 0.50
21 Japanese pachinko パチンコ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 1.00
21 Japanese gomujū ゴム銃 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
38 Kali'na lapaletɨ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
5 Kanuri wáràwí 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian prokadło 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
28 Malagasy antsamotàdy 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
28 Malagasy pìlotra 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 0.50 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese dan2gong1 弹弓 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
41 Mapudungun witruwe 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
11 Old High German slinga 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
35 Otomi nt'e̲ndo 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
34 Q'eqchi' ont 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' jok' 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' rant'in 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian praştie 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
36 Saramaccan víndema 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.90 0.50
9 Selice Romani pariťťa 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole fles 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili kombeo, kumbwewe 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
1 Swahili teo 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
29 Takia tabai 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.50 1.00
23 Thai saliŋ สลิง 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil himich 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
24 Vietnamese ná bắn đá 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
25 White Hmong hneev roj hmab 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
40 Wichí tofwumti 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
40 Wichí tokawuma 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 0.50
32 Yaqui wicha’arakiam 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50