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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
- .pier.:
<tab class=wikitable> cipnrgru crane front
ba'o, ki'u since snake
midju centre centimetre
mei tuple leg
jdatro mapku, jgavelfendi mitre metre </tab>