Meaning 6.79: the tattoo

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

:		 0.23
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

:		 0.82
Counterpart words in the World Loanword Database
Voc. ID Vocabulary Word Form Original Script Borrowed status Borrowed score Age score Simplicity score Source Words
6 Tarifiyt Berber ŧiggəsŧ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
12 Dutch tatoeëring 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50
13 English tattoo 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
3 Gawwada hak’e 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
4 Hausa shâusháawàa 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 1.00 1.00
4 Hausa tsàagáa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
4 Hausa jàr̃fáa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian uhi (1) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
27 Indonesian tato 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
2 Iraqw slooi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
2 Iraqw iree/amu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00
21 Japanese irezumi 刺青 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
38 Kali'na -melɨ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
5 Kanuri rétə́ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
10 Lower Sorbian tetowěrowanje 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50
28 Malagasy havàtsa 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.50 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese wen2shen1 纹身 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
35 Otomi kwatu̲ja̲t'i ar ngo̲ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
34 Q'eqchi' eetalil 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
8 Romanian tatuaj 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 0.50
36 Saramaccan kamambá 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani tetováláši 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 0.75
7 Seychelles Creole tatwaz 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.80 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole tatou 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
1 Swahili chale 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
1 Swahili chanjo 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
29 Takia mak 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.60 1.00
23 Thai sàk สัก 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
24 Vietnamese sự xăm hình 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
40 Wichí tolet 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 1.00