Meaning 5.39: the fork

Description: 'tool used for picking up and eating food, with a handle and three or four points'
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

:		 0.54
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

:		 0.74
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

:		 0.88
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 his 2. probably borrowed 0.75 0.50 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber fuřšit’a 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
15 Bezhta sino 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
26 Ceq Wong suduʔ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
sudu ( Malay )
12 Dutch vork 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
furca ( Latin )
13 English fork 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
furca ( Latin )
4 Hausa cóokàlíi mài yáatsàa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
4 Hausa fôk 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
4 Hausa kùr̃shêt 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
4 Hausa hùr̃shéetìi 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
30 Hawaiian `ō 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
39 Hup cɔ̌hteg 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
37 Imbabura Quechua tenedur 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
27 Indonesian garpu 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
2 Iraqw uma (1) 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.60 1.00
uma ( Swahili )
21 Japanese fōku フォーク 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
furca ( Latin )
38 Kali'na sipunu 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
spun ( Sranan )
5 Kanuri cókkòl ngùlòndóà 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
5 Kanuri fôk 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
18 Ket sagdol 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
14 Kildin Saami villk виллк 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian widlicki 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy foròsety 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese cha1zi 叉子 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
22 Mandarin Chinese cha1 叉 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 1.00 1.00
41 Mapudungun tenedor 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
20 Oroqen gɪda ʊ:ŋkan 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
35 Otomi hmihi (1) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' chikleb’ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
8 Romanian furculiţă 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
19 Sakha biːlke 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
36 Saramaccan tjökö́ 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.90 1.00
36 Saramaccan fö́lúku 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani vella 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole fourset 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili uma 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
29 Takia fok 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.60 1.00
23 Thai sɔ̂ɔm ส้อม 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
24 Vietnamese nĩa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong diav rawg 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
40 Wichí poy’ifwes 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50
32 Yaqui teneror 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00