Meaning 22.45: the ghost

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

:
0.30
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

:
0.81
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

:
0.86
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 haraxut eɬmul 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
6 Tarifiyt Berber žžənn 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber ʕifrit 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
26 Ceq Wong jŋluŋ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
12 Dutch spook 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
13 English ghost 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
31 Gurindji kaya 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 0.50 1.00
4 Hausa fàtálwáa 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian lapu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
39 Hup baʔtɨ̌b’ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
37 Imbabura Quechua fantasma 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
27 Indonesian hantu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
2 Iraqw gi'i 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00
21 Japanese yūrei 幽霊 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 0.50
21 Japanese obake お化け 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
38 Kali'na akapo 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
5 Kanuri jíndì 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
18 Ket ulvej 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.75
14 Kildin Saami roavvk роаввк 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian duch 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy matoatòa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
28 Malagasy àngatra 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
28 Malagasy avèlo 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese gui3 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese gui3hun2 鬼魂 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
41 Mapudungun witranalwe 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
11 Old High German gitrog 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 pite 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' anumal 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian duh 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
8 Romanian stafie 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian strigoi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
8 Romanian nălucă 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
8 Romanian fantomă 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
19 Sakha sibien 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
19 Sakha üör 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.50 1.00
9 Selice Romani sėllėmo 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani múlo (2) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
7 Seychelles Creole malfezan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole fantonm 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole nanm 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 0.90 1.00
âme ( French )
pinam ( Tamil )
7 Seychelles Creole konan 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole dondosya 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole koutou 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili zimwi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
1 Swahili mzimu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
29 Takia ŋtu- 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
23 Thai phǐi ผี 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil 7anima 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil lahebal 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
24 Vietnamese ma 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong dab (2) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
32 Yaqui mukia 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
32 Yaqui jiapsi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
32 Yaqui chichijal 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
36 Saramaccan joóka 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00