The Tarzan franchise family contains a ton of false friend words!
Terk - abandonment (Turkish)
Yato - different (Yoruba)
Nsusu - chicken (Kongo)
Kufuanda - to kill (Kongo)
ZuTag - Today (German)
Kubonga - adultery (Kongo)
Atanze - he gave (Kinyarwanda)
Ngò - leopard (Kongo)
Xikumbua - leopards (Vili)
Norgak - please (Arabic)
Ngolo - strength (Kongo)
Yínti - tree (Kongo)
Yodoze - night, night time (Japanese), iodine already (Russian)
Tawaeta - average (Māori)
Ngaze - until (Zulu)
Kala - black (Hindi)
Ngumba - porcupine (Kongo)
Akla - mind (Turkish)
Gorlak - the horns (Basque)
Mukaba - belt (Kongo)
Kan - able to (Danish)
Chilko - peel (Hindi)
Kunuana - battle (Kongo)
Begu - I’m running away (Slovenian)
Eho Ram - his frame (Slovak), this time (Scots Gaelic)
Ehodan - I urge (Finnish)
Kimpenziku - chimpanzees (Kongo)
Walu - eight (Hawaiian)
Kacha - maximum (Igbo)
Thako - the butt (Chichewa): heheheh, one of the most objectifying words on the list.
Kreeg - got (Dutch)
Niau - cat (Kongo)
Kimpiti - antelopes (Kongo)
Torglat - squarely (Swedish)
Chaga - child (Uzbek)
Embaeta - the embassy (Basque)
Borok - wines (Hungarian)
Korak - step (Croatian)
Argodoze - article twelve (Portuguese), slang (Basque), oh god they (Dutch)
Wangjen - cheek (Frisian), Yen money (Malaysian Standard Malay)
Vangu - danger (Kongo)
Ngore - I am a woman (Kinyarwanda)
Remeta - mail (Portuguese), this is it (Bengali)
Unketa - anointing (Basque)
Ban Eta - this is it (Bengali)
Kudu - must (Javanese)
Yo - I (Spanish)
Torbalu - bagged (Turkish)
Zuvo - died (Lithuanian): the most depressing word on this list.
Sabor - flavour (Portuguese and Spanish)
Unkzut - uncut (Russian)
Howausha - it turns off (Swahili)
Mbuá - dog (Kongo)
Tanda - mark (Malaysian Standard Malay)
Zutho - nothing (Zulu)
Buala - village (Kongo)
Alaze - he has shown (Luganda)
Pandar - fifteen (Gujarati)
Chulk - charge (Hindi)
Bamindelé - white people (Kongo)
Paneze - panes (Romanian), pane them (Dutch)
Da Eta - date, and it is (Basque)
Yutoze - hot water and this (Japanese)
Mis - my (Spanish)
Morok - darkness (Ukrainian)
Urchak - passionate (Hindi)
Yandi - he, she (Kongo)
Kurok - trigger (Ukrainian)
Thako - the butt (Chichewa)
Uglaze - they fit (Croatian), you buy her (Kinyarwanda)
Guneta - the site (Basque), count it (Bengali)
Dan Eta - and (Basque), given (Slovenian), stop her (Hausa), granddaughter’s (Portuguese)
Kama - like (Swahili)
Ndosi - dream (Kongo)
Etau - this too (Bengali)
Nkusi - fart (Kongo)
Kukuenda - to leave (Kongo)
Göda - good (Swedish)
Kerchak - sculpin (Russian)
Dikongó - spear (Kongo)
Kuen - queue (Malaysian Standard Malay)
Nureta - wet (Japanese), annoy him (Mainland Mandarin Chinese), not yours, don’t miss it (Romanian)
Buketa - the bouquet (Bulgarian), book it (Bengali), it’s gone (Uzbek)
Wausha - wow (Laotian Standard Hmong)
Wala - nothing (Cebuano)
Nga - that (Cebuano)
Balu - eight road (Mainland Mandarin Chinese)
Kuenda - to attend (Shona), to go (Chichewa)
Mumga - coral (Hindi)
Guleze - swallow (Chichewa), we could (Basque)
Tarzan - dandy (Hebrew)
Thaka - dude (Lesotho), stay (Bengali)
Bandolo - key (Italian)
Ngulubu - pig (Kongo)
Dikaku - monkey (Kongo)
Zukut - the buzz (Bulgarian)
Gunto - lump (Bengali)
Mpungu - creator, gorilla (Kongo)
Nziku - chimpanzee (Kongo)
Lulot - rolled up (Tagalog)
Taug - you can (Basque), travel (Laotian Standard Hmong)
Mumka - mum (Czech)
Remah - crumb (Indonesian)
Dan do - and do (Indonesian), giving a (Romanian), I’m sorry (Igbo), giving (Portuguese)
Kobze - always (Chichewa)
Sok - many (Hungarian)
Yudo - Judo (Indonesian)
Gule - yellow (Danish)
Der Eta - this is it (Bengali), you take (Norwegian), straight (Portuguese), would give a (Latin)
Sa - on (Cebuano)
Burze - stock exchange (Czech)
Meeta - measure (Estonian)
Mado - paste (Igbo)
Gobu - five minutes (Japanese)
Lufua - death (Kongo)
Teeka - criticism (Gujarati), compulsory (Luganda)
Yut - quarterdeck (Ukrainian)
Zuro - yesterday (Shona)
Nkusu - parrot (Kongo)
Makaku - monkeys (Kongo)
Greeta - welcome (Latvian)
Gunjule - the longest (Yoruba)
Unkaba - navel (Zulu), you are not (Hausa)
Pand - pledge (Dutch)
Gando - cow (Galician)
Tand Bund - toothpaste (Danish)
Tand Balu - the team is strong (Telugu)
Kagoda - it’s a basket (Japanese)
Kufua - to kill (Kongo)
Danetaze - I cheated, got it, I fell asleep (Japanese), grain fresh (Turkish)
Ngozeta - presentation (Igbo), until we come (Zulu), accident (Chichewa)
Goreta - burning (Croatian)
Luze - long (Basque)
Yodo - iodine (Tagalog)
Unkabaze - doubt (Zulu)
Tan Dah - don’t already (Malaysian Standard Malay), it’s over (Javanese)
Godaeta - got five hits (Japanese), to diet (Krio)
Bundolo Eta - it’s dumb (Tagalog), good luck (Romanian)
Fufu - continue (Oromo)
Nioka - snake (Kongo)
Aretaze - there it is, there it was (Japanese), and that’s it (Bengali)
Tand Ramba - trench (Malagasy), and continue (Shona)
Tandlul - beyond (Zulu)
Kibubu - gorilla (Kongo)
Jen Ze - only, just that (Czech)
Utne - out (Norwegian)
Ni - in (Yoruba), it’s (Kongo)
Zuze - right (Basque)
Puleta - manager (Samoan), mail gun, we pray (Hawaiian)
Ushadoze - you are married (Zulu)
Ambaeta - both (Basque), I have a boy (Romanian)
Ban Ze - ban them (Dutch), they refused (Kinyarwanda)
Gandoze - going great (Japanese), cancer (Japanese)
Tand Yud - shelve war (Hindi), swing (Cebuano)
Tand Yo - the teeth (Haitian Creole)
Kimpenzi - chimpanzee (Kongo)
Fufú - rat (Kongo)
Ngoma - drum (Kongo)
Tandyang - leave (Javanese)
Ngulúmfinda - bush pig (Kongo)
Mono - monkey (Spanish)
Tand Zut - I’m squealing (Romanian)
Múnu - me (Kongo)
Ta Pal - the old (Greek), kill (Estonian)
Tantor - so much (Latin)
Sopu - agreement (Finnish)
Acha - colour (Igbo)
Tana - shelf (Japanese)
Nzawu - elephant (Kongo)
Galul - Gaul (Romanian)
Remboze - a dream (Shona), brake angry (Dutch)
Akuteta - cleaning (Chichewa), acute and (Basque)
Hohotan - cheek tongue (Japanese)
Utor - slot (Croatian)
Likka - like (Uzbek)
Dahane - fat (Arabic)
Hoden - balls (German): heheheh, this is the most adult word on this list!
Dan Sopu - and soup (Malaysian Standard Malay and Indonesian)
Bundolo - bumpy (Tagalog)
Ryze - rice (Czech)
Yina - who (Kongo)
Prae - before (Latin)
Ande Nga - let’s go (Cebuano), he’s gone (Shona), or voice (Kurmanji), of the roof (Chichewa)
Areze - raised (Kinyarwanda)
Haneah - work (Hawaiian)
Bu Kah - mum? (Malaysian Standard Malay)
Akutetaze - he’s cleaning up, protect you (Chichewa), acute and what (Basque)
Howala - around (Arabic)
Unkrand - unrimmed (German)
Ugla - corner (Croatian)
Adoze - I agree (Basque)
Yudze - tell me (Shona)
Yinzo - house (Kongo)
Araeta - good luck (Māori)
Araetaze - I got it (Japanese)
Bundeta - bound (Swedish)
Daeta - date, and it is (Basque)
Bundetaze - I got a sentence (Japanese)
Andetaze - Ann is out, I was knitting, I got it (Japanese), and that’s it (Bengali)
Rala - draw (Sesotho)
Likka Mok - like a site (Arabic), I don’t like it (Uzbek)
Wolo - gold (Kongo)
Terkoz - stubbornly (Basque)
Busso - knock (Italian)
Daneze - Danish (Romanian)
Kizabu - science (Kongo), knurled part (Japanese)
Mazabu - constituencies (Hausa)
Mazayu - info (Kongo)
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