Meaning 9.422: the tool

Description: 'an artifact (such as a hammer, a saw or a screwdriver) held in one's hand to help one in performing a particular job'
Semantic field: Basic actions and technology
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

:
0.82
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

:
0.76
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 alat 2. probably borrowed 0.75 0.50 1.00
15 Bezhta alat 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
alat ( Avar )
12 Dutch gereedschap 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
12 Dutch werktuig 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
13 English tool 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
3 Gawwada maxatto 3. perhaps borrowed 0.50 1.00 1.00
4 Hausa káayán áikìi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
30 Hawaiian mea hana 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50
39 Hup bɨ̌ʔteg 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
37 Imbabura Quechua jirraminta 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
27 Indonesian alat 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
2 Iraqw xoosla 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00
21 Japanese dōgu 道具 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 0.75
21 Japanese kōgu 工具 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 0.50
38 Kali'na kɨlɨ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
5 Kanuri kárè cídàbè 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
14 Kildin Saami instrum’ént инструмент 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian rěd (1) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
28 Malagasy fiasàna 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
17 Manange 3pʌr 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese gong1ju4 工具 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.80 0.50
41 Mapudungun küzawam 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
41 Mapudungun püṉepeyel 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
11 Old High German giziug(i) 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
20 Oroqen awʊra 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
35 Otomi bo̲jä 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
35 Otomi erramyenta 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.60 1.00
34 Q'eqchi' k'anjelob'aal 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
8 Romanian unealtă 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
8 Romanian sculă 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
19 Sakha sep 2. probably borrowed 0.75 1.00 1.00
36 Saramaccan félu 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
9 Selice Romani sersámo 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole zouti 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 1.00
1 Swahili kifaa 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
1 Swahili ala 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
1 Swahili chombo 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 1.00
1 Swahili zana 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
29 Takia tuls 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.60 1.00
23 Thai khrʉ̂aŋmʉʉ เครื่องมือ 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
33 Zinacantán Tzotzil 7abtehebal 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 1.00 0.50
24 Vietnamese dụng cụ 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 0.50
25 White Hmong cuab tam 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.75
40 Wichí tochemetcha 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.70 0.50
32 Yaqui eramienta 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
32 Yaqui sisi’iwoochi 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.50