False Friends in Slavic Languages
Slovenian ‘tikva’
The database knows following meanings of the Slovenian word ‘tikva’:
Semasiological map for ‘*tykva’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Ukrainian.
Slovenian ‘tikva’:
- is a complete false friend in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Slovak and Serbian.
- is a true friend in Belarusian and Ukrainian.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Belarusian or Ukrainian.
- The meaning ‘pumpkin’ (not present in Slovenian ‘tikva’) 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 Slovenian ‘tikva’) is attested in Czech tykev.
- The meaning ‘bottle-gourd’ (not present in Slovenian ‘tikva’) is attested in Polish tykwa.
- The meaning ‘‘Lagenaria’’ (not present in Slovenian ‘tikva’) is attested in Polish tykwa.
- The meaning ‘gourd’ (not present in Slovenian ‘tikva’) 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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| Russian тыква |
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| Slovak tekvica |
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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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| Meanings | pumpkin | sweet melon | bottle-gourd | ‘Lagenaria’ | gourd |
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