Meaning 6.36: the needle(1)

Description: (for sewing)
Semantic field: Clothing and grooming
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

:		 0.37
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

:		 0.85
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

:		 0.94
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 t'ekɬ'on 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 0.50 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber isiyni 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber ŧisiynəfŧ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta näp’či 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
26 Ceq Wong jarom 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
jarum ( Malay )
12 Dutch naald 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
13 English needle 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
3 Gawwada marfe 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
31 Gurindji niil 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
neel ( Kriol )
4 Hausa àllúur̃àa 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian kui (1) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
39 Hup mǎcʔut 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 0.50
37 Imbabura Quechua awuja 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
27 Indonesian jarum 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
2 Iraqw laqwa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00
21 Japanese hari (1) 針 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
38 Kali'na akusa 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
5 Kanuri líwùlà 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
18 Ket ìn 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
14 Kildin Saami nīvv’l нӣввьл 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian glicka 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian šywalnica 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
28 Malagasy fanjàitra 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
28 Malagasy fìlo 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 0.50 1.00
17 Manange 4tʰe (1) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese zhen1 (1) 针, 針, 鍼 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
41 Mapudungun akucha 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
11 Old High German nâdala 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
20 Oroqen inmə 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi 'yofni 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' akuux, kuus 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
8 Romanian ac 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
19 Sakha inne 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
36 Saramaccan agúja 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani sú 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole zegwiy 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili sindano 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 1.00 1.00
29 Takia si 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
23 Thai khěm เข็ม 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil 7akusha 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
24 Vietnamese kim 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong koob 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 1.00 1.00
40 Wichí kanu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 1.00
32 Yaqui ji’ikiam 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50