Meaning 9.87: the boomerang

Typical context: The boomerang hit the wallaby and then came back to the hunter.
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

:		 0.78
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

:		 0.95
Counterpart words in the World Loanword Database
Voc. ID Vocabulary Word Form Original Script Borrowed status Borrowed score Age score Simplicity score Source Words
12 Dutch boemerang 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
13 English boomerang 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
31 Gurindji kurrupartu 2. probably borrowed 0.75 0.90 1.00
30 Hawaiian ku`uku`u 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.90 0.75
27 Indonesian bumerang 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.90 1.00
21 Japanese būmeran ブーメラン 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
14 Kildin Saami bumeraŋg бумераӈг 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 1.00
10 Lower Sorbian bumerang 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
22 Mandarin Chinese fei1biao1 飞镖 5. no evidence for borrowing 0.00 0.50 0.50
8 Romanian bumerang 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00
9 Selice Romani bumerango 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
7 Seychelles Creole boumerang 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
1 Swahili bumarengi 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.70 1.00
23 Thai buummaraeaeŋ บูมเมอแรง 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 1.00 1.00
24 Vietnamese bumơrang 1. clearly borrowed 1.00 0.80 1.00