Appendix talk:Cebuano–Tagalog relations
False Friends[edit]
@TagaSanPedroAko Hey, I like what you're doing here. By the way, I saw your edit in gamot, and I just wanna mention that words can be false friends even if they're not etymologically related. As long as they long almost the same, but they have different meanings, then they're false friends. I mentioned this because of the phrasing of your edit in gamot. Anyway, I wanted to ask where you got the idea of making this appendix. Does this exist in other languages? Relations between other two languages? Thanks. --Mar vin kaiser (talk) 02:15, 27 November 2021 (UTC)
- @Mar vin kaiser As for the usage notes in gamot#Tagalog, they're a good case of false friends; that and the Cebuano both descend from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *Ramot but they have diverged in meaning so to bring possible confusion. And yes, I agree even words that aren't etymologically related can be false friends too (as with the case buto, which means "bone" in Tagalog, but is a vulgar term for the female genitals in Cebuano; they're pronounced differently but are very similar in spelling). As for the appendix, see those in Category:Relation appendices. They're not just about false friends and false cognates, but also borrowings between each other, or even influence in word creation, spelling or grammar. Also see the appendices listed under Category:False cognates and false friends. TagaSanPedroAko (talk) 05:02, 27 November 2021 (UTC)
- @TagaSanPedroAko: Thanks for the reply. Definitely useful! --Mar vin kaiser (talk) 14:27, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
Accessibility improvement needed for butò/butó false friends[edit]
The table under false friends and cognates could be made more accessible, but I'm not sure how to fix it coherently.
Specifically, that "butò" is paired with "(vulgar) vulva" and "butó" is paired with "to explode" is lost to people using screen readers to access the table. They will hear "butò butó (vulgar) vulva to explode."