False Friends in Slavic Languages
Kashubian ‘baba’
The database knows following meanings of the Kashubian word ‘baba’:
- old woman
- pejorative of a woman
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Kashubian ‘baba’:
- is a complete false friend in Upper Sorbian.
- is a true friend in Croatian and Russian.
- does not have all its Kashubian meanings in Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Lower Sorbian, Macedonian, Slovenian, Serbian and Ukrainian.
- has additional meanings in Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Czech, Lower Sorbian, Macedonian, Polish, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian and Ukrainian.
- The Kashubian meaning ‘old woman’ is shared by Belarusian баба, Bosnian baba, Bulgarian баба, Croatian baba, Czech bába, Macedonian баба, Polish baba, Russian баба, Serbian баба, Slovak baba and Ukrainian баба.
- The Kashubian meaning ‘pejorative of a woman’ is shared by Croatian baba, Czech bába, Polish baba, Russian баба, Slovak baba, Slovenian baba and Lower Sorbian baba.
- The meaning ‘grandmother’ (not present in Kashubian ‘baba’) is attested in Belarusian баба, Bosnian baba, Bulgarian баба, Czech bába, Macedonian баба, Serbian баба, Slovak baba and Ukrainian баба.
- The meaning ‘midwife’ (not present in Kashubian ‘baba’) is attested in Bulgarian баба, Slovak baba, Upper Sorbian baba and Ukrainian баба.
- The meaning ‘mother-in-law’ (not present in Kashubian ‘baba’) is attested in Bulgarian баба and Macedonian баба.
- The meaning ‘cake’ (not present in Kashubian ‘baba’) is attested in Belarusian баба, Polish baba, Lower Sorbian baba, Upper Sorbian baba and Ukrainian баба.
- The meaning ‘coward’ (not present in Kashubian ‘baba’) is attested in Slovak baba and Slovenian baba.
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Meanings:
‘old woman’
‘grandmother’
‘pejorative of a woman’
‘midwife’
‘mother-in-law’
‘cake’
‘coward’
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Meanings | old woman | grandmother | pejorative of a woman | midwife | mother-in-law | cake | coward |
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