Meaning 5.38: the knife(1)

Description: 'knife for eating' (as opposed to knife used for preparing food)
Semantic field: Food and drink
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

:		 0.26
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

:		 0.91
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 k’os 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber řmus 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta c’it’ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
12 Dutch mes 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
13 English knife 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 1.00 1.00
31 Gurindji japirri 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
4 Hausa wúƙáa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian pahi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
39 Hup wǎn 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
37 Imbabura Quechua kuchillu 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
27 Indonesian pisau 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
2 Iraqw tsataay 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00
21 Japanese naifu ナイフ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
38 Kali'na maliya 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
5 Kanuri zàná 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
18 Ket doˀn 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
14 Kildin Saami nɨjjp ныййп 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian nož 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese dao1 刀 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese dao1zi 刀子 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
41 Mapudungun kuchillu 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
41 Mapudungun katrüwe 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 0.50
11 Old High German mezzisahs 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
20 Oroqen kɔtɔ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi jwai 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' ch'ina ch'iich' 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
8 Romanian cuţit de masă 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
19 Sakha bɨhaχ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
19 Sakha biriːppe 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
36 Saramaccan fáka 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani čhúri 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole kouto 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili kisu 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 1.00 1.00
29 Takia meit 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
23 Thai mîit มีด 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil kuchilu 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
24 Vietnamese dao (1) 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong riam 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
40 Wichí lachinaj 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 1.00
32 Yaqui kuchi’im 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00