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