alpaga

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French

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alpaga

Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /al.pa.ɡa/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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alpaga m (plural alpagas)

  1. alpaca (sheeplike animal of the Andes)

Descendants

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  • Polish: alpaga
  • Romanian: alpaca
  • Russian: альпага (alʹpaga)

Further reading

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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alpaga m (invariable)

  1. Alternative form of alpaca

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /alˈpa.ɡa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • Syllabification: al‧pa‧ga

Etymology 1

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Uncertain. Perhaps related to alpaka (alpaca), or more likely related to alpaka (nickel silver) with a semantic shift of metal imitating silver > imitation > imitation wine.[1] First attested in the late 20th century.[2]

Noun

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alpaga f

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) bum wine
    Synonyms: bełt, jabcok, jabol, mamrot, siara, wino marki wino, żur
    pić alpagęto drink bum wine
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from French alpague.[3][4] First attested in 1840.[5]

Noun

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alpaga f

  1. Alternative form of alpaka (alpaca wool)
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Derived terms
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adjective

References

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  1. ^ Adam Fałowski (2022) “alpaga”, in Słownik etymologiczny polszczyzny potocznej, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN
  2. ^ Perfect (lyrics and music) (1982) “Autobiografia”, in Unu[1]
  3. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “alpaga”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  4. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “alpaga”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  5. ^ Dziennik Domowy : poświęcony życiu domowemu, familijnemu i towarzyskiemu, wychodzi raz na tydzień, w objętości jednego arkusza, do którego przydaną jest rycina mód paryzkich, wraz z opisem[2] (in Polish), number T. 1, nr 45, 1840, page 360

Further reading

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Romanian

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Noun

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alpaga f (plural alpagale)

  1. Obsolete form of alpaca.

Declension

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References

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  • alpaga in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN