Meaning 6.82: the towel

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

:		 0.66
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

:		 0.77
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 maˤmərči kul erkɬ'urtːut 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
6 Tarifiyt Berber řfut’a 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta t’ilo 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta palatenca 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
26 Ceq Wong kayen tɔlah 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50
12 Dutch handdoek 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
13 English towel 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
4 Hausa táawùl 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
4 Hausa sàr̃béetì 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
30 Hawaiian kāwele 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
39 Hup toáya 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.60 1.00
37 Imbabura Quechua twalla 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
27 Indonesian handuk 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
27 Indonesian tuala 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
2 Iraqw tawlo 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.60 1.00
21 Japanese taoru タオル 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
38 Kali'na kamisanpo 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
38 Kali'na serviette 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
5 Kanuri báttà 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
5 Kanuri táwùl 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
18 Ket holos 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
14 Kildin Saami oteral’nehk отеральнэһк 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian hantwal 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.75
28 Malagasy serivièta 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
17 Manange tʌuli 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese mao2jin1 毛巾 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
41 Mapudungun tuwalla 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
11 Old High German dwahila 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
20 Oroqen palatʃɛntʃa 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
20 Oroqen uŋku 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi nthuku̲dehe 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
34 Q'eqchi' tuwaay 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
8 Romanian prosop 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian ştergar 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
19 Sakha sottor 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
36 Saramaccan angísa 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani teríkezó 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole servyet 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili taulo 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
29 Takia taol 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.60 1.00
23 Thai phâachéttua ผ้าเช็ดตัว 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
24 Vietnamese khăn 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong phuam da dej 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
40 Wichí towayu 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
32 Yaqui toayam 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00