Meanings: Semantic Field Social and political relations

LWT code Meaning Semantic category Borrowed score Age score Simplicity score Representation
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LWT code

The Loanword Typology code is the identifier of the Loanword Typology meaning. Sorting by LWT Code sorts the words thematically by semantic field.

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Meaning

This column shows the labels of the Loanword Typology meanings. By clicking on a meaning label, you get more information about the meaning, as well as a list of all words that are counterparts of that meaning.

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Semantic category

Meanings were assigned to semantic categories with word-class-like labels: nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, function words. No claim is made about the grammatical behavior of words corresponding to these meanings. The categories are intended to be purely semantic.

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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

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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

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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

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Representation

This column shows how many counterparts for this meaning there are in the 41 languages. The number can be higher than 41 because a language may have several counterparts for one meaning ("synonyms"), and it may be lower than 41, because not all languages may have a counterpart for a meaning.

19.99943 to say goodbye Verb 1.00 0.90 1.00 1
19.99904 Egypt Noun 1.00 0.90 1.00 1
19.99941 to respect Verb 0.50 0.90 0.75 2
19.99902 Australia Noun 1.00 0.90 1.00 1
19.99933 the small change Noun 1.00 0.90 1.00 1
19.99936 the student Noun 1.00 0.50 1.00 1
19.99927 the mixed-race Kali’na Noun 1.00 0.50 1.00 1
19.99934 the socialism Noun 1.00 0.80 1.00 1
19.99932 the settlement Noun 0.75 1.00 1.00 1
19.99944 mate Noun 1.00 0.90 1.00 1
19.99916 the communal labour Noun 0.00 0.50 1.00 1
19.565 to invite Verb 0.20 0.80 0.82 46
19.99921 the foreman Noun 1.00 0.80 0.50 1
19.445 to liberate Verb 0.20 0.78 0.68 40
19.99901 Arabia Noun 0.50 1.00 1.00 1
19.65 to meet Verb 0.08 0.77 0.74 59
19.63 the plot Noun 0.33 0.83 0.71 32
19.62 the quarrel Noun 0.18 0.81 0.73 64
19.61 the custom Noun 0.47 0.80 0.84 46
19.99924 the hermit Noun 1.00 0.90 1.00 1
19.9992 the fool Noun 1.00 0.90 1.00 1
19.9993 the policeman Noun 1.00 0.80 1.00 1
19.9991 Sir Function word 1.00 0.50 1.00 1
19.99913 the Brazilian Noun 1.00 0.90 1.00 1
19.9994 to quarrel Verb 1.00 0.50 1.00 2
19.99922 the French person Noun 1.00 0.90 1.00 1
19.23 the clan Noun 0.45 0.79 0.89 41
19.99931 the power Noun 1.00 1.00 1.00 1
19.21 the people Noun 0.38 0.82 0.82 46
19.59 to prevent Verb 0.24 0.78 0.76 51
19.99918 the Creole or black person Noun 1.00 0.80 1.00 1
19.99917 the European Noun 0.50 0.85 0.75 2
19.25 the walking stick Noun 0.24 0.81 0.89 48
19.24 the chieftain Noun 0.34 0.82 0.78 57
19.41 the master Noun 0.38 0.88 0.91 40
19.99915 the Chinese person Noun 1.00 0.70 1.00 1
19.43 the servant Noun 0.36 0.79 0.79 54
19.42 the slave Noun 0.38 0.82 0.86 37
19.45 to command or order Verb 0.42 0.81 0.76 49
19.44 the freeman Noun 0.25 0.75 0.62 31
19.47 to permit Verb 0.26 0.81 0.73 49
19.46 to obey Verb 0.11 0.80 0.64 43
19.99928 the partner Noun 1.00 0.90 1.00 1
19.99923 the government document Noun 1.00 0.90 1.00 1
19.55 the stranger Noun 0.22 0.78 0.71 46
19.99926 the layman Noun 1.00 0.90 1.00 1
19.99908 Madagascar Noun 0.75 1.00 1.00 1
19.99907 India Noun 1.00 1.00 1.00 1
19.99938 to commit a crime Verb 1.00 1.00 1.00 1
19.99925 the hockey Noun 1.00 0.60 1.00 1
19.99914 the certificate Noun 1.00 1.00 1.00 1
19.99905 free Adjective 1.00 0.90 1.00 1
19.99935 the sport Noun 1.00 0.60 1.00 1
19.72 the prostitute Noun 0.35 0.79 0.80 61
19.51 the friend Noun 0.41 0.81 0.93 64
19.99937 the vote or ballot or pole Noun 1.00 0.90 1.00 1
19.99942 to retire Verb 1.00 0.60 1.00 1
19.99903 China Noun 1.00 0.90 1.00 1
19.99911 Spain Noun 1.00 0.90 1.00 2
19.57 the host Noun 0.21 0.73 0.66 33
19.16 the village Noun 0.29 0.84 0.89 51
19.17 the boundary Noun 0.43 0.77 0.86 48
19.58 to help Verb 0.22 0.81 0.81 47
19.15 the town Noun 0.47 0.82 0.90 51
19.12 the native country Noun 0.17 0.74 0.58 33
19.54 the neighbour Noun 0.21 0.81 0.77 40
19.99909 Rarotonga Noun 1.00 0.90 1.00 1
19.11 the country Noun 0.48 0.83 0.91 41
19.52 the enemy Noun 0.45 0.83 0.85 47
19.99906 Greece Noun 1.00 0.90 1.00 1
19.36 the noble Noun 0.38 0.80 0.71 22
19.37 the citizen Noun 0.43 0.81 0.70 27
19.56 the guest Noun 0.26 0.86 0.88 40
19.31 to rule or govern Verb 0.38 0.84 0.70 42
19.32 the king Noun 0.53 0.81 0.93 47
19.33 the queen Noun 0.32 0.81 0.71 33