False Friends in Slavic Languages
Czech ‘kolo’
The database knows following meanings of the Czech word ‘kolo’:
- wheel(s)
- bicycle
- circle
- disc
- round dance
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Kashubian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Czech ‘kolo’:
- does not have all its Czech meanings in Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Ukrainian and Upper Sorbian.
- has additional meanings in Bosnian, Polish and Upper Sorbian.
- The Czech meaning ‘wheel(s)’ is shared by Belarusian кола, Bosnian kola, Bulgarian колело, Croatian kola, Croatian kolo, Kashubian kòło, Polish koła, Polish koło, Russian колёса, Serbian кола, Serbian коло, Slovak koleso and Slovenian kolo.
- The Czech meaning ‘bicycle’ is shared by Bosnian kola, Bulgarian колело, Croatian kola, Kashubian kòło, Serbian кола and Slovenian kolo.
- The Czech meaning ‘circle’ is shared by Belarusian кола, Polish koło, Serbian коло, Slovak kolo, Lower Sorbian koło, Upper Sorbian koło and Ukrainian коло.
- The Czech meaning ‘disc’ is shared by Belarusian кола and Polish koło.
- The Czech meaning ‘round dance’ is shared by Bosnian kola, Croatian kolo, Polish koło, Serbian коло, Slovak kolo, Slovenian kolo and Lower Sorbian koło.
- The meaning ‘cart, motorcar’ (not present in Czech ‘kolo’) is attested in Bosnian kola, Croatian kola and Serbian кола.
NB: No information yet for Macedonian.
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Belarusian кола |
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Bulgarian колело (*около - round, around) |
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Kashubian kòło |
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Russian колёса |
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Serbian I. кола |
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II. коло |
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Slovak I. koleso |
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Lower Sorbian koło |
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Upper Sorbian 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 | + | ||||||
Ukrainian коло | + | ||||||
Belarusian кола | + | + | + | ||||
Polish koła | + | ||||||
Polish koło | + | + | + | + | + ring; near |
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Lower Sorbian koło | + | + | |||||
Upper Sorbian koło | + | + ring |
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Slovak koleso | + | ||||||
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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 |
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