Meaning 9.5: the nail

Description:	'a thin pointed piece of metal which one forces into a piece of wood with a hammer to fasten the wood to something else'
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 :	0.41
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 :	0.84
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 :	0.93

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	marq'ʷˤ		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	1.00
6	Tarifiyt Berber	aməsmia		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	1.00	1.00	msmr ( Punic , Hebrew )
15	Bezhta	muq’o		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	1.00
26	Ceq Wong	bsiʔ pakuʔ		4. very little evidence for borrowing	0.25	0.50	0.50	besi; paku ( Malay )
12	Dutch	nagel (1)		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
12	Dutch	spijker		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
13	English	nail		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
3	Gawwada	sipilitte		2. probably borrowed	0.75	0.90	0.50	sipl-a ( Konso ) sibiila ( Oromo )
4	Hausa	ƙúusàa		4. very little evidence for borrowing	0.25	1.00	1.00	Unidentifiable
30	Hawaiian	kui (2)		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
39	Hup	pǝrégu		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.60	1.00	prego ( Portuguese )
37	Imbabura Quechua	klabus		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.70	1.00	clavos ( Spanish )
27	Indonesian	paku		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
2	Iraqw	musmaari		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.70	1.00	msumari ( Swahili )
21	Japanese	kugi	釘	5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
38	Kali'na	putuputuli		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	1.00
5	Kanuri	mùsùwár		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
18	Ket	iˀs		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.70	1.00
14	Kildin Saami	nāvv’l	на̄ввьл	1. clearly borrowed	1.00	1.00	1.00	nagli ( North Germanic )
10	Lower Sorbian	gózdź		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
28	Malagasy	fàntsika		3. perhaps borrowed	0.50	0.50	1.00	pantik ( Malay )
17	Manange	pʰesʌr		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
22	Mandarin Chinese	ding1zi	钉子	5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	0.50
41	Mapudungun	külafo		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.90	1.00	clavo ( Spanish )
11	Old High German	nagal		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
20	Oroqen	tipkə:ʃu		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.50	1.00
35	Otomi	'no̲t'e		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.60	1.00
35	Otomi	klabo		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.60	1.00	clavo ( Spanish )
34	Q'eqchi'	klaawx		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.90	1.00	clavo ( Spanish )
8	Romanian	cui		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
19	Sakha	tohoɣo		3. perhaps borrowed	0.50	1.00	1.00	ɣačuɣu (Literary Mongolian), gadaha(n) (Buryat) ( Mongolic )
36	Saramaccan	peégu		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.90	1.00	prego ( Suriname Portuguese )
9	Selice Romani	klinco		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	1.00	1.00	клинец (клинц-) ( Macedonian ) klìnac (klìnc-) ( Serbian , Croatian )
7	Seychelles Creole	klou		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.90	1.00
7	Seychelles Creole	zong		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.90	1.00
7	Seychelles Creole	lapwent		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.90	1.00
1	Swahili	msumari		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	1.00	1.00	mismār ( Arabic ) mismār ( Hindi-Urdu ) mismār ( Persian ) Unidentifiable ( Arabic )
29	Takia	ttu		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	1.00
23	Thai	tapuu	ตะปู	5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	1.00	0.50
33	Zinacantán Tzotzil	lavush		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.90	1.00	clavo ( Spanish )
24	Vietnamese	đinh		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	1.00	1.00	釘, dīng ( Chinese )
25	White Hmong	ntsia (1)		3. perhaps borrowed	0.50	0.90	1.00	teng ( Middle Chinese )
40	Wichí	hal’o lhele		5. no evidence for borrowing	0.00	0.70	0.50
32	Yaqui	laabos		1. clearly borrowed	1.00	0.90	1.00	clavos ( Spanish )