Meaning 3.77: the elephant

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

:		 0.64
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

:		 0.98
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 pil (1) 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
pil ( Persian )
6 Tarifiyt Berber lfil 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta pil 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
pil ( Avar )
fil ( Persian )
26 Ceq Wong gajah 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
gajah ( Malay )
12 Dutch olifant 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
13 English elephant 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
3 Gawwada ʔarapko 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
4 Hausa gíiwáa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian `elepani 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
37 Imbabura Quechua elefanti 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
27 Indonesian gajah 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
2 Iraqw daangw 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00
21 Japanese zō 象 (elephant), 像 (statue) 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
5 Kanuri kə̀mówùn 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 0.75
14 Kildin Saami slonn слонн 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian elefant 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian słon 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy elefànta 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
17 Manange laŋʃe 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese xiang4 象 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 1.00 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese da4xiang4 大象 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
11 Old High German helfant 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
20 Oroqen ʃawʊn 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi elefante 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' elefaant 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
8 Romanian elefant 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
36 Saramaccan zaun 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani elefanto 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole lelefan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili ndovu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
1 Swahili tembo 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
29 Takia elefan 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.60 1.00
23 Thai cháaŋ ช้าง 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
23 Thai kunchɔɔn กุญชร 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
23 Thai khachaa คชา 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
23 Thai damrii ดำรี 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
23 Thai hàtthǐi หัตถี 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
23 Thai phlaay พลาย 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
23 Thai phaŋ (2) พัง 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
24 Vietnamese voi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong ntxhw 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
40 Wichí wetaj 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
32 Yaqui elepante 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00