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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby הענט » 2018-02-13, 9:13

cHr0mChIk wrote:
Vlürch wrote:English (en) mast
Persian (fa) مست (mast) - drunk


Serbian (sr) маст (mast) - lard/fat


(cs) mast - ointment

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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby aaakknu » 2018-02-13, 11:22

(es) besar - to kiss
(id) besar - big

(et) kiri - letter
(id) kiri - left
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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby cHr0mChIk » 2018-02-14, 6:02

Hent wrote:
cHr0mChIk wrote:
Vlürch wrote:English (en) mast
Persian (fa) مست (mast) - drunk


Serbian (sr) маст (mast) - lard/fat


(cs) mast - ointment


Oh, it can also mean "ointment" in Serbian as well. :D
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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby Linguaphile » 2018-02-16, 0:50

(es) viril manly, masculine
(fr) viril manly, strong, potent
(et) viril whiny, sniveling, fretful

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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby Linguaphile » 2018-02-17, 0:55

(en) exit (noun) a way out; (verb) to leave
(es) éxito success
(et) eksitus error, mistake

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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby vijayjohn » 2018-02-17, 2:37

Linguaphile wrote:(en) exit (noun) a way out; (verb) to leave
(es) éxito success
(et) eksitus error, mistake

Latin (la) exit - he/she/it exits, departs, avoids, evades, runs out (of time), (figuratively) escapes

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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby aaakknu » 2018-02-23, 16:50

(tl) alam - know
(id) alam - nature
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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby Luís » 2018-02-24, 11:48

(pt) colmo - thatch
(es) colmo - summit, top, extreme
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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby Linguaphile » 2018-02-25, 6:22

(en) educated having a good education/schooling, well-informed
(es) educado polite, well-mannered
(et) edukat (part.; nom. edukas) successful, prosperous, well-to-do

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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby aaakknu » 2018-03-02, 17:40

(es) sastra - tailor (female)
(id) sastra - literature
(sa) शास्त्र (śāstra) - scripture
(uk) сестра (sestra) - sister

(es) pera - pear
(tl) pera - money
(ist) pera - stone (cognate with piedra, I think)
(mi) pera - pillow
(vep) pera - stern
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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby voron » 2018-03-02, 19:55

English (en) mast
Persian (fa) مست (mast) - drunk
Serbian (sr) маст (mast) - lard/fat
(cs) mast - ointment
(ru) масть (mast') - coat color (of a horse); suit (of a playing card)
(ku) mast - yogurt

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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby vijayjohn » 2018-03-04, 4:24

In Persian, 'yogurt' is ماست mâst. :)

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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby Michael » 2018-03-17, 1:32

(sq) ngordh to die (animals only), stiffen
(it) ingordo glutton

The Albanian is cognate to “greed”.
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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby Homine.Sardu » 2018-03-17, 14:43

Michael wrote:(sq) ngordh to die (animals only), stiffen
(it) ingordo glutton

The Albanian is cognate to “greed”.


also

(es) gordo - fat

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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby aaakknu » 2018-03-18, 12:51

Homine.Sardu wrote:
Michael wrote:(sq) ngordh to die (animals only), stiffen
(it) ingordo glutton

The Albanian is cognate to “greed”.


also

(es) gordo - fat


(uk) гордо [ɦordo] - proudly
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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby h34 » 2018-03-20, 12:31

(mhr) кече - day
(krc) кече - night

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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby atalarikt » 2018-03-20, 12:47

h34 wrote:(mhr) кече - day
(krc) кече - night

(id) kece - cool (as in you look cool)(slang)
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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby Vlürch » 2018-03-26, 21:57

Japanese (ja) 木の実 (konomi) - nut, fruit, berry
Japanese (ja) 好み (konomi) - taste, preference
konomi - child

English (en) consent
Japanese (ja) コンセント (konsento) - electrical outlet

Finnish (fi) juuri - root; exactly
Japanese (ja) 遊離 (yūri) - isolation, separation
Japanese (ja) 有利 (yūri) - advantageous

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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby atalarikt » 2018-03-27, 0:55

(la) Luna moon, ancient Roman moon goddess
(haw) luna foreman, boss, supervisor
وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ خَلْقُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَاخْتِلَافُ أَلْسِنَتِكُمْ وَأَلْوَانِكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِلْعَالِمِينَ۝
"And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the diversity of your languages and your colors. Indeed in that are signs for those of knowledge." (Ar-Rum: 22)

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Re: Multilingual false friends 2

Postby Linguaphile » 2018-03-27, 1:45

atalarikt wrote:(la) Luna moon, ancient Roman moon goddess
(haw) luna foreman, boss, supervisor
(et) luna cash-on-delivery, ransom, bail
(ceb) luna room, space, accommodation


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