False Friends in Slavic Languages
Slovak ‘banka’
The database knows following meanings of the Slovak word ‘banka’:
- bank, credit bank
- flask
Semasiological map for ‘banka’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Slovak ‘banka’:
- is a complete false friend in Belarusian, Kashubian, Polish, Russian and Ukrainian.
- does not have all its Slovak meanings in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Lower Sorbian, Slovenian, Serbian and Upper Sorbian.
- The Slovak meaning ‘bank, credit bank’ is shared by Bosnian banka, Bulgarian банка, Croatian banka, Czech banka, Serbian банка, Slovenian banka, Lower Sorbian banka and Upper Sorbian banka.
- The Slovak meaning ‘flask’ is unique.
- The meaning ‘tin Br., can Am.’ (not present in Slovak ‘banka’) is attested in Belarusian банка, Polish bańka, Russian банка and Ukrainian банка.
- The meaning ‘container, can’ (not present in Slovak ‘banka’) is attested in Polish bańka.
- The meaning ‘pot Br., can Am.’ (not present in Slovak ‘banka’) is attested in Russian банка.
- The meaning ‘jar’ (not present in Slovak ‘banka’) is attested in Belarusian банка, Polish bańka, Russian банка and Ukrainian банка.
- The meaning ‘bubble’ (not present in Slovak ‘banka’) is attested in Kashubian bónka and Polish bańka.
NB: No information yet for Macedonian.
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Bulgarian банка |
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Kashubian bónkaor bead |
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Serbian банка |
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Lower Sorbian banka |
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Semasiological Map for banka
banka
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Meanings:
‘bank, credit bank’
‘tin Br., can Am.’
‘container, can’
‘flask’
‘pot Br., can Am.’
‘jar’
‘bubble’
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bank, credit bank | tin Br., can Am. | container, can | flask | pot Br., can Am. | jar | bubble | |
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Polish bańka | + | + | + | + or bead |
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Meanings | bank, credit bank | tin Br., can Am. | container, can | flask | pot Br., can Am. | jar | bubble |
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