False Friends in Slavic Languages
Polish ‘koła’
The database knows following meanings of the Polish word ‘koła’:
- wheel(s)
Semasiological map for ‘*kolo’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Polish ‘koła’:
- is a complete false friend in Lower Sorbian, Slovak, Ukrainian and Upper Sorbian.
- is a true friend in Russian.
- has additional meanings in Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Slovenian and Serbian.
- The Polish meaning ‘wheel(s)’ is shared by Belarusian кола, Bosnian kola, Bulgarian колело, Croatian kola, Croatian kolo, Czech kolo, Kashubian kòło, Russian колёса, Serbian кола, Serbian коло, Slovak koleso and Slovenian kolo.
- The meaning ‘cart, motorcar’ (not present in Polish ‘koła’, translated as ‘wóz, samochód’) is attested in Bosnian kola, Croatian kola and Serbian кола.
- The meaning ‘bicycle’ (not present in Polish ‘koła’, translated as ‘rower’) is attested in Bosnian kola, Bulgarian колело, Croatian kola, Czech kolo, Kashubian kòło, Serbian кола and Slovenian kolo.
- The meaning ‘circle’ (not present in Polish ‘koła’) is attested in Belarusian кола, Czech kolo, Polish koło, Serbian коло, Slovak kolo, Lower Sorbian koło, Upper Sorbian koło and Ukrainian коло.
- The meaning ‘disc’ (not present in Polish ‘koła’) is attested in Belarusian кола, Czech kolo and Polish koło.
- The meaning ‘round dance’ (not present in Polish ‘koła’) is attested in Bosnian kola, Croatian kolo, Czech kolo, Polish koło, Serbian коло, Slovak kolo, Slovenian kolo and Lower Sorbian koło.
NB: No information yet for Macedonian.
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Polish koła See also: koło |
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| Belarusian кола |
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Polish koła See also: koło |
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| Bosnian kola |
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Polish koła See also: koło |
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| Bulgarian колело (*около - round, around) |
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Polish koła See also: koło |
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| Croatian I. kola |
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| Czech kolo |
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| Kashubian kòło |
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Polish koła See also: koło |
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| Russian колёса |
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| Serbian I. кола |
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| Slovak I. koleso |
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| Slovenian kolo |
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| Lower Sorbian koło |
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Polish koła See also: koło |
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| Ukrainian коло |
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Semasiological Map for *kolo
                                             
*kolo
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Meanings:  ‘wheel(s)’
 ‘cart, motorcar’
 ‘bicycle’
 ‘circle’
 ‘disc’
 ‘round dance’
 ‘Other’
 no such word
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| wheel(s) | cart, motorcar | bicycle | circle | disc | round dance | Other | |
| Russian колёса | + | ||||||
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| Polish koło | + | + | + | + | + ring; near |
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| Kashubian kòło | + | + | |||||
| Lower Sorbian koło | + | + | |||||
| Upper Sorbian koło | + | + ring |
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| Czech kolo | + | + | + | + | + | ||
| Slovak koleso | + | ||||||
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| Slovenian kolo | + | + | + | ||||
| Croatian kola | + | + | + | ||||
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| Bosnian kola | + | + | + | + | |||
| Serbian кола | + | + | + | ||||
| Serbian коло | + | + | + | ||||
| Bulgarian колело (*около - round, around) | + | + | |||||
| Meanings | wheel(s) | cart, motorcar | bicycle | circle | disc | round dance | Other |