Meaning 5.391: the tongs

Description: 'a tool that consists of two movable bars joined at one end, used to pick up an object'
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

:		 0.40
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

:		 0.75
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

:		 0.86
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 χacʼi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber ǧǧəqqađ’ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta xac’o 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta kalbatun 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
26 Ceq Wong kntap 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.50 0.50
12 Dutch tang 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
13 English tongs 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
3 Gawwada k’apitte 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
4 Hausa hàntsákíi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian `ūpā 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
27 Indonesian tang 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
tang ( Dutch )
2 Iraqw oohamamáy 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50
21 Japanese tongu トング 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
38 Kali'na akɨkatopo 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 0.50
5 Kanuri tóngù 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
18 Ket atəp 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
14 Kildin Saami cɨpp’c цыппьц 2. probably borrowed 0.75 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian klěšće 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy tàndra 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
17 Manange tʃimti 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese qian2zi 钳子 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
41 Mapudungun tenasa 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
41 Mapudungun ünawe 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 0.50
11 Old High German zanga 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
35 Otomi nts'its'i 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
35 Otomi pinsa 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.60 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' yax 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian cleşte 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
19 Sakha sɨpsɨː 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
36 Saramaccan kaábútánda 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
9 Selice Romani fogó 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole pens 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili koleo 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
29 Takia toŋs 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.60 1.00
23 Thai khiim คีม 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
23 Thai pàakkhîip ปากดีบ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil lotz'ob 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
24 Vietnamese kẹp 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong ciaj 2. probably borrowed 0.75 0.50 1.00
25 White Hmong tus tais nqaij 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
40 Wichí tenasas 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
32 Yaqui tena’asam 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00