False Friends of the Slavist/Slovenian-Bosnian

Slovenščina — Bosanski jezik

Sln. čas	Bo. vrijeme ‘time’
Bo. čas	Sln. ura ‘hour’

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Sln. dete	Bo. beba, mladunče, odojče ‘baby’
Bo. dijete	Sln. otrok ‘child’

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Sln. dob	Bo. hrast, dub ‘oak tree’
Bo. dob	Sln. starost ‘age’

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Sln. Dunaj	Bo. Beč ‘Vienna’
Bo. Dunaj	Sln. Donava ‘Danube’

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Sln. grad	Bo. tvrđava, utvrđenje ‘fortress’
Bo. grad	1. mesto ‘town’ 2. toča ‘hail’

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Sln. hlad	Bo. hlad ‘coolness’
Bo. hlad	1. hlad ‘coolness’ 2. senca ‘shadow’

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Sln. igrati	1. igrati ‘to play (a game)’ 2. glumiti ‘to play (theatre)’ 3. svirati ‘to play (music)’
Bo. igrati	1. igrati ‘to play (a game)’ 2. plesati, rajati ‘to dance’

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Sln. jagoda	1. jagoda ‘strawberry’ 2. boba ‘berry’
Bo. jagoda	Sln. jagoda ‘strawberry’

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Sln. koča	Bo. koliba ‘hut’
Bo. kuća	Sln. hiša, dom ‘house’

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Sln. kovček	Bo. kovčeg ‘suitcase’
Bo. kovčeg	1. kovček ‘suitcase’ 2. krsta, rakev ‘coffin’ 3. skrinja ‘trunk, box, chest’

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Sln. leto	1. godina ‘year (in the sg.)’ 2. godina (30 godina) ‘year (in the plural), e.g. 30 years’
Bo. ljeto	Sln. poletje ‘summer’

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Sln. lice	1. lice ‘face’ 2. obraz ‘cheek’
Bo. lice	1. lice ‘face’ 2. oseba ‘person’

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Sln. listopad	1. listopad ‘falling of leaves’ 2. studeni ‘November’
Bo. listopad	Sln. listopad ‘falling of leaves’

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Sln. mož	1. muž ‘husband’ 2. muškarac ‘man’
Bo. muž	Sln. mož ‘husband’

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Sln. nagel	1. nagao ‘sudden’ 2. nagao ‘vehement, hasty’ 3. brz, hitar ‘fast, quick’
Bo. nagao	1. nagel ‘sudden’ 2. nagel ‘vehement, hasty’

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Sln. nedelja	Bo. nedjelja ‘Sunday’
Bo. nedjelja	1. nedelja ‘Sunday’ 2. teden ‘week’

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Sln. obraz	Bo. obraz ‘face’
Bo. obraz	1. obraz ‘face’ 2. lice ‘cheek’

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Sln. pisec	Bo. pisar ‘scribe’
Bo. pisac	Sln. pisatelj ‘writer’

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Sln. povest	Bo. priča, legenda ‘legend’
Bo. povijest	Sln. zgodovina ‘history’

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Sln. reč	Bo. stvar ‘matter’
Bo. riječ	Sln. beseda ‘word’

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Sln. sad	Bo. plod ‘fruit’
Bo. sad	Sln. zdaj ‘now’

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Sln. slovo	Bo. oproštaj ‘leave-taking, farewell’
Bo. slovo	Sln. črka ‘letter (of the alphabet)’

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Sln. sto	Bo. sto ‘a hundred’
Bo. sto	1. sto ‘a hundred’ 2. miza ‘table’

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Sln. stol	Bo. stolica ‘chair’
Bo. sto	Sln. miza ‘table’

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Sln. stolica	Bo. katedra ‘professorship’
Bo. stolica	Sln. stol ‘chair’

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Sln. truden	Bo. trudan (arch.), umoran ‘tired’
Bo. trudan	1. truden ‘tired’ 2. noseča, v drugem stanu ‘pregnant’

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Sln. več	Bo. više ‘more’
Bo. već	Sln. že ‘already’

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Sln. vek	1. vijek ‘century’ 2. doba, epoha ‘age, epoch’
Bo. vijek	Sln. vek ‘century’

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Sln. vreme	Bo. vrijeme ‘weather’
Bo. vrijeme	1. vreme ‘weather’ 2. čas, doba ‘time’

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Sln. zahod	1. zapad ‘west’ 2. zalazak ‘sunset’
Bo. zahod	Sln. stranišče ‘toilet’

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Sln. život	Bo. trbuh ‘belly, body’
Bo. život	Sln. življenje ‘life’

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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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