Meaning 23.4: the post/mail

Semantic field: Modern world
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

:		 0.69
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

:		 0.77
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
6 Tarifiyt Berber ŧaƀrat 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 0.50 1.00
15 Bezhta poč 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
poč ( Avar )
12 Dutch post (2) 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
13 English post 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
4 Hausa gídán wáyàa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50
30 Hawaiian leka 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
37 Imbabura Quechua chaski 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
27 Indonesian pos 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
post ( Dutch )
2 Iraqw posta 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.60 1.00
21 Japanese yūbin 郵便 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.90 0.50
38 Kali'na laposɨ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
5 Kanuri wòtíyà 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
18 Ket posta 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
14 Kildin Saami pošta пошта 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian post 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy paòsitra 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese you2jian4 邮件 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
22 Mandarin Chinese you2zheng4 邮政 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 0.50
41 Mapudungun korew 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
35 Otomi nguu 'me̲hni 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
35 Otomi 'me̲hni 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' taql 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian poştă 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
19 Sakha počta 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
9 Selice Romani póšta 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole lapos 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili posta 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
29 Takia pos 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.60 1.00
23 Thai praysanii ไปรษณีย์ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil timpre 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
24 Vietnamese bưu kiện 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 0.50
32 Yaqui koreo 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
36 Saramaccan biífi 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
brief ( Dutch )