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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
  • papri means specifically a page of a bound book or booklet. That is when the pages come out of the printing press, they are merely pelji boxfo until someone staples, stitches or glues them together in the back.
    • .aulun.:
      • No, a bit more than just that: a selpri ke pelji boxfo

cipnrgru crane front

ba'o, ki'u since snake

midju centre centimetre

mei tuple leg

jdatro mapku, jgavelfendi mitre metre