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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby Linguaphile » 2019-10-14, 2:07

h34 wrote:(et) karu = bear
(fi) karu = bare, unfertile, barren (land)

(cy) carw /ka(:)rʊ/ = deer, stag
(ast) caru /karu/ = dear, expensive

That's especially funny that (in addition to the false friends themselves) the English translations happen to be two sets of homophones - bear/bare and deer/dear. :rotfl:

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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby vijayjohn » 2019-10-14, 4:41

English (en) booty
Afrikaans (af) boetie - brother

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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby h34 » 2019-11-22, 12:15

(mhr) ик / ik = 1 (short form)
(nl) ik = I

(da) én = 1 (accent is optional)
(hu) én = I

(ja) 二 / ni = 2
(zh) 你 / nǐ = you (2nd person singular)
(sv) ni = you (2nd person plural)

(lt) du = 2
(de) du = you (2nd person singular)

(fa-TJ) се / se = 3
(fi) se = it (3rd person singular)

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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby h34 » 2020-01-10, 16:09

(mhr) ача = father
(cv) ача = child

(mhr) ик = one (attributive)
(cv) ик = two (short form of икӗ/иккӗ, used in collocations such as пӗр-ик 'one or two')

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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby vijayjohn » 2020-06-06, 7:50

Gujarati (gu) હું [hũ] - I
Urdu (ur) ہوں / Hindi (hi) हूँ [hũ] - (I) am

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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby Multiturquoise » 2020-06-06, 8:40

(az) sümük = bone
(tk) süňk = bone
(tr) sümük = snot
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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby Gormur » 2020-06-06, 14:02

I often get confused as to the meaning of false friend because the definition can get highly specific at times. I'll give it a shot :)

(Is) list -- the arts
(En) list

(No) reassuranse -- reinsurance
(En) reassurance
Eigi gegnir þat at segja at bók nøkkur er hreinferðug eðr ønnur spelluð því at vandliga ok dáliga eru bœkr ritnar ok annat kunnum vér eigi um þœr at dœma

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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby Gormur » 2020-06-23, 16:52

(en) bachelor an unmarried adult
(no) bachelor a bachelor's degree holder

(en) mort death
(no) mort common roach

(en) false
(no) fals book fold
Eigi gegnir þat at segja at bók nøkkur er hreinferðug eðr ønnur spelluð því at vandliga ok dáliga eru bœkr ritnar ok annat kunnum vér eigi um þœr at dœma

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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby vijayjohn » 2020-06-26, 5:07

Japanese (ja) ファイト faito - competitive match, fight (esp. boxing match); fighting spirit in sports; go for it, take heart, don't give up
Bauzi (an East Geelvink Bay language of Papua New Guinea): faito - cut down (singular object)

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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby Gormur » 2020-07-03, 15:53

(en) water H₂O
(no) water WC water closet

(en) griff (slang) marijuana
(no) griff griffin

(en) stable a building for horses and related animals
(no) stabel a hinge pin
Eigi gegnir þat at segja at bók nøkkur er hreinferðug eðr ønnur spelluð því at vandliga ok dáliga eru bœkr ritnar ok annat kunnum vér eigi um þœr at dœma

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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby Vlürch » 2020-08-04, 13:40

Japanese (ja) 早く! (hayaku!) - hurry up!
hjayaku! - hello!

Of course, I have this video to thank for learning this epic false friend. :whistle:

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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby vijayjohn » 2021-10-01, 22:44

Turkish (tr) işten kiraya mı? - from work to the rented apartment?
Hungarian (hu) Isten királya mi? - God his king what?

A Hungarian lady on Twitter found a Turkish sign, apparently for some kind of real estate company, that read işten eve mi işten kiraya mı? 'from work to home or from work to the rented apartment?'. Her sister saw it and interpreted the last three words as Isten királya mi? :P

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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby h34 » 2022-01-09, 22:49

(mhr) икымше урок lesson 1, first lesson
(cv) иккĕмĕш урок lesson 2, second lesson

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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby vijayjohn » 2022-01-17, 23:49

Basque (eu) su - fire
Bambara (bm)Mandinka (mnk) su - night

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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby Minuit » 2022-02-16, 3:55

(eo) malalta - short
(ca) malalta - sick (fem.)

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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby vijayjohn » 2022-02-17, 17:05

English (en) skills
Slovak (sk) sklz - delay

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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby h34 » 2022-07-09, 16:37

(kv-kpv) лов – soul
Udmurt лул (soul, spirit); cognates: Hungarian lélek (soul; ghost, evil spirit), Estonian leil (sauna steam; secondary, less common meaning: soul, life spirit), Finnish löyly (sauna steam)
(myv) лов – snow
Meadow Mari лум; Estonian, Finnish lumi
(mns) лов – ten
Meadow Mari лу; from Proto-Uralic *luka (number, quantity, count; calculate; ten)

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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby Linguaphile » 2022-07-10, 2:33

(et) loom (gen. looma) animal
(vro) luum (gen. looma) plant

(et) sälg foal
(vro) sälg back

(et) kukk rooster
(vro) kukk cone, pinecone

(et) dekaad period of ten days
(en) decade period of ten years

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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby h34 » 2022-10-19, 20:36

(et) vara early
(mhr) вара later, then, afterwards; cognate with Chuvash вара (a bit later, then, afterwards) and Hungarian idő (time); all from Proto-Turkic *öd (time)

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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby Karavinka » 2022-12-11, 11:26

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Yes it's a meme but I did a quick forum search with both 'ohayo' and 'おはよう' to check duplicate at least.


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