Meaning 22.35: the demon

Description: ‘evil spirit’
Semantic field: Religion and belief
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

:		 0.44
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

:		 0.84
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 ilbis 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber ʕifrit 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta šayt’an 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
15 Bezhta ilbis 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
ilbis ( Avar )
12 Dutch demon 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
13 English demon 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
13 English devil 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
3 Gawwada sapaapa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
31 Gurindji warntingarna 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
4 Hausa shàiɗán 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian kiapolō 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
30 Hawaiian kaimoni 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
39 Hup baʔtɨ̌b’ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
37 Imbabura Quechua aya 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
27 Indonesian sétan 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
2 Iraqw neetlangw 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00
21 Japanese akuma 悪魔 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 0.50
21 Japanese oni 鬼 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 1.00 1.00
5 Kanuri shètán 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
18 Ket lɯtɯs 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50
14 Kildin Saami čann чанн 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian cart 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian satan 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
satan ( Latin )
10 Lower Sorbian zły duch 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
28 Malagasy demòny 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese mo2gui3 魔鬼 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
11 Old High German unholda 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
20 Oroqen ʃirkul 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi zunthu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi dämänts'o 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
35 Otomi nts'o 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' anum 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' tza 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian demon 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00
19 Sakha abaːhɨ 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 1.00 1.00
36 Saramaccan takujejé 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
9 Selice Romani béng 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole demon 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.80 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole move lespri 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
7 Seychelles Creole dyab 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili pepo 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
1 Swahili jini 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
1 Swahili shetani 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
29 Takia bgai 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.50 1.00
29 Takia weit 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
wait ( Bargam )
23 Thai pìsàat ปีศาจ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil pukuh 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
24 Vietnamese ma qủy 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
25 White Hmong dab (2) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
32 Yaqui bebeje’eri 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50
36 Saramaccan didíbíwóókoma 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50