False Friends of the Slavist/Croatian-Bosnian


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Hrvatski jezik — Bosanski jezik

Bosansko-hrvatski lažni prijatelji Hrvatsko-bošnjački lažni prijatelji


Cr. baba
Bo. baba ‘old woman’
Bo. baba 1. baba ‘old woman’
2. baka ‘grandmother’
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Cr. igrati
Bo. igrati ‘to play (a game)’
Bo. igrati 1. igrati ‘to play (a game)’
2. plesati ‘to dance’
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Cr. kor
Bo. hor ‘choir’
Bo. kor Cr. korpus ‘corps’
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Cr. kovčeg
1. kovčeg ‘suitcase’
2. kovčeg ‘trunk, box, chest’
Bo. kovčeg 1. kovčeg ‘suitcase’
2. kovčeg ‘trunk, box, chest’
3. lijes ‘coffin’
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Cr. lice
Bo. lice ‘face’
Bo. lice 1. lice ‘face’
2. osoba ‘person’
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Cr. listopad
1. listopad ‘falling of leaves’
2. oktobar ‘October’
Bo. listopad Cr. listopad ‘falling of leaves’
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Cr. nedjelja
Bo. nedjelja ‘Sunday’
Bo. nedjelja 1. nedjelja ‘Sunday’
2. tjedan, sedmica ‘week’
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Cr. sklanjati
1. sklanjati ‘to hide; to clear away, to remove’
2. deklinirati ‘to decline (grammar)
Bo. sklanjati Cr. sklanjati ‘to hide; to clear away, to remove’
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Cr. sprezati
1. sprezati ‘to put (horses) to (a coach), to harness’
2. konjugirati ‘to conjugate’
Bo. sprezati Cr. sprezati ‘to put (horses) to (a coach), to harness’
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For additional information on false friends, see the On-line hypertext bibliography by Daniel Bunčić and Ryszard Lipczuk.

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