False Friends in Slavic Languages
Bosnian ‘majka’
The database knows following meanings of the Bosnian word ‘majka’:
- mother
Semasiological map for ‘majka’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Bosnian ‘majka’:
- is a complete false friend in Belarusian, Czech, Lower Sorbian, Polish, Russian and Ukrainian.
- is a true friend in Croatian and Serbian.
- has additional meanings in Bulgarian and Macedonian.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Kashubian, Slovak or Slovenian.
- The Bosnian meaning ‘mother’ is shared by Bulgarian майка, Croatian majka, Macedonian мајка and Serbian мајка.
- The meaning ‘dam, female animal’ (not present in Bosnian ‘majka’, translated as ‘ženka, majka životinja’) is attested in Bulgarian майка and Macedonian мајка.
- The meaning ‘nut to screw on a bolt’ (not present in Bosnian ‘majka’, translated as ‘matica’) is attested in Bulgarian майка.
- The meaning ‘gym shirt’ (not present in Bosnian ‘majka’, translated as ‘majica’) is attested in Belarusian майка, Russian майка and Ukrainian майка.
- The meaning ‘Underpants’ (not present in Bosnian ‘majka’) is attested in Belarusian майткі and Polish majtki.
- The meaning ‘Shirt’ (not present in Bosnian ‘majka’) is attested in Russian майка.
NB: No information yet for Upper Sorbian.
| Bosnian majka |
Meaning in Belarusian:
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| Belarusian I. майка |
Meaning in Bosnian:
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| II. майткі |
Meaning:
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| Bosnian majka |
Meaning in Bulgarian:
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| Bulgarian майка |
Meaning in Bosnian:
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| Bosnian majka |
Meaning in Croatian:
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| Croatian majka |
Meaning in Bosnian:
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| Bosnian majka |
Meaning:
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| Czech májka |
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| Bosnian majka |
Meaning:
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| Kashubian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
| Bosnian majka |
Meaning in Macedonian:
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| Macedonian мајка |
Meaning in Bosnian:
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| Bosnian majka |
Meaning:
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| Polish majtki |
Meaning:
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| Bosnian majka |
Meaning in Russian:
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| Russian майка |
Meaning in Bosnian:
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| Bosnian majka |
Meaning in Serbian:
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| Serbian мајка |
Meaning in Bosnian:
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| Bosnian majka |
Meaning:
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| Slovak ∅ - no corresponding term. |
| Bosnian majka |
Meaning:
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| Slovenian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
| Bosnian majka |
Meaning:
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| Lower Sorbian majka |
Meaning:
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| Bosnian majka |
Meaning:
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| Ukrainian майка |
Meaning in Bosnian:
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Semasiological Map for majka
                       
majka
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Meanings:  ‘mother’
 ‘dam, female animal’
 ‘nut to screw on a bolt’
 ‘gym shirt’
 ‘Underpants’
 ‘Shirt’
 ‘Other’
 no such word
no information yet
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| mother | dam, female animal | nut to screw on a bolt | gym shirt | Underpants | Shirt | Other | |
| Russian майка | + | + t-shirt |
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| Lower Sorbian majka | + girl |
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| Czech májka | + May pole |
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| Croatian majka | + | ||||||
| Bosnian majka | + | ||||||
| Serbian мајка | + | ||||||
| Macedonian мајка | + | + | |||||
| Bulgarian майка | + | + | + | ||||
| Meanings | mother | dam, female animal | nut to screw on a bolt | gym shirt | Underpants | Shirt | Other |
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