Meaning 8.91: the sweet potato

Semantic field: Agriculture and vegetation
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

:		 0.35
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

:		 0.80
Counterpart words in the World Loanword Database
Voc. ID Vocabulary Word Form Original Script Borrowed status Borrowed score Age score Simplicity score Source Words
26 Ceq Wong silaʔ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
12 Dutch bataat 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
12 Dutch zoete aardappel 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 0.50
13 English sweet potato 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
31 Gurindji pikurta 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
4 Hausa dànkálìi 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
30 Hawaiian `uala 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
37 Imbabura Quechua kamuti 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
27 Indonesian ubi jalar 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
2 Iraqw kasíis 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
21 Japanese satsumaimo サツマイモ・薩摩芋 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
21 Japanese imo 芋 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
38 Kali'na napi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
5 Kanuri dàngálì 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
5 Kanuri kúndùwú 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
14 Kildin Saami batát батат 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
28 Malagasy vomanga 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
22 Mandarin Chinese bai2shu3 白薯 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
22 Mandarin Chinese gan1shu3 甘薯 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
22 Mandarin Chinese hong2shu3 红薯 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
35 Otomi bo̲'kwä 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' is 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
8 Romanian batat 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
8 Romanian cartof dulce 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 0.50
36 Saramaccan batáta 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole patat 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili kiazi 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
1 Swahili kiazi kitamu 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
29 Takia kbla-k 4. very little evidence for borrowing 0.25 0.50 0.50
23 Thai manthêet มันเทศ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
24 Vietnamese khoai lang 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
25 White Hmong qos liab 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
40 Wichí watata 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
32 Yaqui kamoote 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00