Meaning 3.653: the scale

Description:	'one of the small flat pieces of skin that cover the bodies of fish'
Semantic field:	Animals
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 :	0.21
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 :	0.86
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	aqšua		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	1.00	1.00	qšur’ ( Arabic (Moroccan) ) qušūr ( Classical Arabic )
6	Tarifiyt Berber	aʕƀan		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	1.00	1.00	ʕbana ( Arabic (Moroccan) ) Unidentifiable
15	Bezhta	qal		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.90	1.00	qal ( Avar )
26	Ceq Wong	sisik		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.50	1.00	sisik ( Malay )
12	Dutch	schub		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
13	English	scale		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	1.00	1.00	escale ( Middle French ) *skaljā ( Germanic )
31	Gurindji	nyili		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	1.00	1.00	nyiling ( Miriwung )
4	Hausa	ƙáayàa		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
30	Hawaiian	unahi		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
39	Hup	péc		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
27	Indonesian	sisik		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
2	Iraqw	darqafi		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.50
21	Japanese	uroko	鱗	5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
38	Kali'na	woto pipo		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.50
5	Kanuri	kàlígì		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
18	Ket	isaŋtij		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.70	0.75
14	Kildin Saami	čūmm	чӯмм	5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
10	Lower Sorbian	ceslina		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
28	Malagasy	kìra		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	1.00
22	Mandarin Chinese	yu2lin2	鱼鳞, 魚鱗	5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.50
11	Old High German	scuob(b)a		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
20	Oroqen	əkikʃə		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.75
35	Otomi	kwixi		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.60	1.00
34	Q'eqchi'	solel		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50
8	Romanian	solz		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
19	Sakha	χatɨrɨk		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
36	Saramaccan	físíkákísa		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.90	0.50
9	Selice Romani	haja		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.90	1.00	haj ( Hungarian )
7	Seychelles Creole	zekay		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.90	1.00
1	Swahili	gamba, mamba		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
1	Swahili	mamba		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50
29	Takia	tbla-		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.90	1.00	-tiblalan ( Bargam )
23	Thai	klèt	เกล็ด	5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
33	Zinacantán Tzotzil	merio choy		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.50	medio ( Spanish )
24	Vietnamese	vảy		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
25	White Hmong	nplai		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.90	1.00
40	Wichí	lafwinchu’		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.70	1.00
32	Yaqui	kuupe		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00