False Friends in Slavic Languages
Slovenian ‘koča’
The database knows following meanings of the Slovenian word ‘koča’:
- hut
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian and Ukrainian.
Slovenian ‘koča’:
- is a complete false friend in Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian and Ukrainian.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Polish.
- The Slovenian meaning ‘hut’ is unique.
- The meaning ‘pile, heap’ (not present in Slovenian ‘koča’, translated as ‘kup, kopica’) is attested in Belarusian куча, Russian куча and Ukrainian куча.
- The meaning ‘house’ (not present in Slovenian ‘koča’, translated as ‘hiša, dom’) is attested in Bosnian kuća, Croatian kuća and Serbian кућа.
- The meaning ‘whelp, pup’ (not present in Slovenian ‘koča’) is attested in Bulgarian куча and Macedonian куча.
NB: No information yet for Czech, Kashubian, Slovak, Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
| Slovenian koča |
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| Belarusian куча |
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| Slovenian koča |
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| Bosnian kuća |
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| Slovenian koča |
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| Bulgarian куча |
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| Slovenian koča |
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| Croatian kuća |
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| Slovenian koča |
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| Macedonian куча |
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| Slovenian koča |
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| Polish ∅ - no corresponding term. |
| Slovenian koča |
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| Russian куча |
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| Slovenian koča |
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| Serbian кућа |
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| Slovenian koča |
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| Ukrainian куча |
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kuča
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Meanings:  ‘pile, heap’
 ‘house’
 ‘hut’
 ‘whelp, pup’
 no such word
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| Meanings | pile, heap | house | hut | whelp, pup |