False Friends of the Slavist/Croatian-Bosnian

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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