false Friends

This overlaps with Misleading Gismu Keywords.

See also malglico, Swedish False Friends, Norwegian False Friends, Spanish False Friends

• jezrax:
  • The gismu which are spelled the same as a common English word are these. I tried to make the list complete. There are near-misses; for example, gurni is like gurney. pruce is a rare English word; I will be unsurprised if many other gismu match up with rare English words.
  • crane curve glare mitre ruble santa since tuple
• think about ...; ponder - pensi
• think that ... - jinvi
• old (opposite to new) - slabu
• old (opposite to young) - tolci'o
• cold (temperature) - lenku
• cold (ailment)
  • .pier.:
    • zbitisna
  • .filip.
    • vaxterbi'a

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<tab class=wikitable> cipnrgru crane front

ba'o, ki'u since snake

midju centre centimetre

mei tuple leg

jdatro mapku, jgavelfendi mitre metre </tab>