Meaning 23.42: the letter

Description: ‘epistula’
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

:		 0.58
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

:		 0.91
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 kaʁəra 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber ŧaƀrat 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 0.50 1.00
15 Bezhta kaɣay 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
kaɣat ( Avar )
26 Ceq Wong surat (2) 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
surat ( Malay )
12 Dutch brief 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
13 English letter 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
3 Gawwada taptaappe 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
31 Gurindji mirlimirli 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 0.75
4 Hausa wàsíiƙàa 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian leka 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
39 Hup cug’æ̌t (1) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
37 Imbabura Quechua karta 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
27 Indonesian surat 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
2 Iraqw barwa 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
21 Japanese tegami 手紙 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
38 Kali'na kaleta 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
5 Kanuri wòtíyà 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
18 Ket iriŋ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.75
14 Kildin Saami kɨrrj кыррьй 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian list 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy taratàsy 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
17 Manange 2jikʌ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese xin4 信 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
41 Mapudungun karta 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
11 Old High German briaf 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
20 Oroqen bitə: 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
20 Oroqen dʒaʃiɣan 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
35 Otomi he̲'mi 'me̲hni 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
35 Otomi nthuts'i (2) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi nt'ot'i 'me̲hni 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
34 Q'eqchi' hu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian scrisoare 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
19 Sakha suruk 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
36 Saramaccan biífi 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
brief ( Dutch )
9 Selice Romani kárťa 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole let 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole ermel 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
1 Swahili barua 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
29 Takia pas 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.60 1.00
23 Thai còtmǎay จดหมาย 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil vun 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
24 Vietnamese thư 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong ntawv 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
40 Wichí kalta 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
32 Yaqui kaata 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00