False Friends in Slavic Languages
Russian ‘тыква’
The database knows following meanings of the Russian word ‘тыква’:
- pumpkin
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Polish, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
Russian ‘тыква’:
- is a complete false friend in Polish.
- is a true friend in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian, Slovak and Serbian.
- has additional meanings in Czech.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Belarusian or Ukrainian.
- The Russian meaning ‘pumpkin’ is shared by Bosnian tikva, Bulgarian тиква, Croatian tikva, Czech tykev, Macedonian тиква, Serbian тиква and Slovak tekvica.
- The meaning ‘sweet melon’ (not present in Russian ‘тыква’, translated as ‘дыня’) is attested in Czech tykev.
- The meaning ‘bottle-gourd’ (not present in Russian ‘тыква’, translated as ‘горлянка’) is attested in Polish tykwa.
- The meaning ‘‘Lagenaria’’ (not present in Russian ‘тыква’) is attested in Polish tykwa.
- The meaning ‘gourd’ (not present in Russian ‘тыква’) is attested in Czech tykev.
NB: No information yet for Kashubian, Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
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*tykva
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Meanings:
‘pumpkin’
‘sweet melon’
‘bottle-gourd’
‘‘Lagenaria’’
‘gourd’
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pumpkin | sweet melon | bottle-gourd | ‘Lagenaria’ | gourd | |
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Meanings | pumpkin | sweet melon | bottle-gourd | ‘Lagenaria’ | gourd |