False Friends in Slavic Languages
Polish ‘kit’
The database knows following meanings of the Polish word ‘kit’:
- putty, cement
The database has information related to this term for Polish, Russian and Ukrainian.
Polish ‘kit’:
- The Polish meaning ‘putty, cement’ is unique.
- The meaning ‘cat’ (not present in Polish ‘kit’, translated as ‘kot’) is attested in Ukrainian кіт and Ukrainian кішка.
- The meaning ‘sprat’ (not present in Polish ‘kit’, translated as ‘kilka’) is attested in Polish kilka and Russian килька.
- The meaning ‘gut’ (not present in Polish ‘kit’) is attested in Russian кишка.
- The meaning ‘whale’ (not present in Polish ‘kit’, translated as ‘waleń, wieloryb’) is attested in Russian кит.
- The meaning ‘some’ (not present in Polish ‘kit’) is attested in Polish kilka.
NB: No information yet for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
Polish kit See also: kilka |
Meaning in Russian:
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Map Bibliography List Wikibook |
Russian I. килька |
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II. кит |
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III. кишка |
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Polish kit See also: kilka |
Meaning in Ukrainian:
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Map Bibliography List Wikibook |
Ukrainian I. кіт |
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II. кішка Grammar: f. |
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Semasiological Map for kit
kit
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Meanings:
‘cat’
‘sprat’
‘gut’
‘whale’
‘some’
‘putty, cement’
no such word
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cat | sprat | gut | whale | some | putty, cement | |
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Russian кишка | + | |||||
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Meanings | cat | sprat | gut | whale | some | putty, cement |
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