קניפּל

Yiddish

Etymology

From קניפּ (knip) +‎ ־ל (-l).

Noun

קניפּל • (knipl) n, plural קניפּלעך (kniplekh)

1. Diminutive of קניפּ (knip): little pinch
2. knot

   Synonym: קנופּ (knup)

3. knotted kerchief: bindle, coin purse
4. (by extension) money box, piggy bank

   Synonym: פּושקע (pushke)

5. (figurative, humorous) savings: nest egg, housewife hidden savings

   Synonym: אָפּשפּאָר (opshpor)

   • 1873, Israel Wohlman, די ווייבערשע קניפּלאך:

     [title] די ווייבערשע קניפּלאך

     [title] di veybershe kniplakh

     The Wives' Nest Eggs

6. clique

   Synonyms: קליקע (klike), קלײַזל (klayzl), כּנופֿיא (knufye)

7. (anatomy) node, nodule

Derived terms

• קניפּל ב־ קניפּל (knipl b- knipl, “to be tight socially; (fig.) to be hand in glove”)

Proper noun

קניפּל • (knipl) ?

1. a surname, best-known from the fictional Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer. Akin to Knippel, Knüppel, Knopf.

References

• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “nest egg”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN