Meaning 7.47: the shelf

Description: ‘a long flat narrow board fixed onto a wall or in a frame or cupboard, used for putting things on or stroing things on’
Typical context: Put it back on the top shelf.
Semantic field: The house
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

:
0.44
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

:
0.78
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

:
0.90
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 k'alaroq' 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
6 Tarifiyt Berber řmā’fəʕ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
15 Bezhta ãco 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
12 Dutch plank 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
13 English shelf 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
4 Hausa kántàa 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
30 Hawaiian haka kau 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
39 Hup wáb 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
27 Indonesian rak 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
2 Iraqw sitsana 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
21 Japanese tana 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 1.00 1.00
38 Kali'na sula 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
5 Kanuri kántà 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
18 Ket laˀm 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 1.00
14 Kildin Saami ɨll’te ылльтэ 2. probably borrowed 0.75 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian dela 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian pólica 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy talan-tàlana 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
17 Manange 1tʌŋkjaŋ 4kʰja 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
22 Mandarin Chinese jia4zi 架子 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
22 Mandarin Chinese ge1ban3 擱板 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
41 Mapudungun rentrülwe 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
35 Otomi nt'u̲xu̲he̲'mi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
35 Otomi nt'u̲ts'i 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.60 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' tasal 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian raft 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
raf ( Turkish )
19 Sakha dolbuːr, dalbɨːr 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
9 Selice Romani póco 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani polička 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
9 Selice Romani regáli 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole shelf 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole letazer 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili rafu 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
raff ( Arabic )
29 Takia selp 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.60 1.00
23 Thai hîŋ หิ้ง 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil kahanab 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
24 Vietnamese giá (1) 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
24 Vietnamese tủ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
25 White Hmong txee 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
40 Wichí tokaw’et 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50
32 Yaqui repiisa 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00