Meaning 23.54: the tin/can

Description: ‘hermetically sealed metal container for preserved food’
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

:		 0.79
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

:		 0.94
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 ŧaqədduħŧ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta bank’a 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
26 Ceq Wong tɛŋ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
tin ( Malay )
12 Dutch blik 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
13 English tin 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.75
3 Gawwada k’ork’orro 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
31 Gurindji kartak 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
4 Hausa gwángwáníi 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.70 1.00
30 Hawaiian kini 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
tin ( English )
39 Hup tód’ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
37 Imbabura Quechua lata 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
27 Indonesian kaléng 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
2 Iraqw deebe 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
21 Japanese kan 缶 (a case of ateji), older variants: 罐、鑵 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
can ( English )
38 Kali'na akawana’u 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 0.50 1.00
5 Kanuri góngóng 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
14 Kildin Saami korbenč корбэнч 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian tejza 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
tese ( German )
28 Malagasy kapòaka 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
28 Malagasy boàty 2. probably borrowed 0.75 0.80 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese guan4tou 罐头 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
22 Mandarin Chinese guan4zi 罐子 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
41 Mapudungun lata 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
11 Old High German buhsa 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
pyxis ( Greek )
20 Oroqen kuŋgulə: 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi nkäxibu̲jä 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
34 Q'eqchi' laat 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
8 Romanian cutie 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
19 Sakha kensierbe baːnkata 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 0.50
36 Saramaccan kán 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
36 Saramaccan beénki 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani bátogó 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani konzerva 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole bwat 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole kann (2) 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
can ( English )
7 Seychelles Creole tin 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
tin ( English )
1 Swahili kopo 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
29 Takia tin 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.60 1.00
tin ( English )
23 Thai krapɔ̌ŋ กระป๋อง 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
24 Vietnamese hộp 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong kos poom, kas poom 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
40 Wichí sitowu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
32 Yaqui ampora 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00