małpa
Appearance
Polish
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Etymology
[edit]Usually derived from German Maulaffe (“gaping fool, gaper”), from Maul (“mouth”) + Affe (“ape, monkey”).[1] However, the German word is attested no earlier than the Polish (both 15th century), it never actually means “ape”, and it poses various phonetic difficulties. The Wörterbuch der deutschen Lehnwörter therefore casts doubt on the derivation,[2] though alternative theories are lacking.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]małpa f (diminutive małpka, related adjective małpi)
- monkey, ape (primate)
- at sign
- (derogatory, ethnic slur) monkey (black person; a person of African ancestry)
- (colloquial, derogatory) witch, hag, harridan
Declension
[edit]Declension of małpa
Derived terms
[edit]adjectives
verbs
- małpować impf
Descendants
[edit]- → Old Ruthenian: ма́лпа (málpa)
- → Yiddish: מאַלפּע (malpe)
References
[edit]- ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “małpa”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 312
- ^ Małpa in: A. de Vincenz & G. Hentschel: Wörterbuch der deutschen Lehnwörter in der polnischen Schrift- und Standardsprache, Göttingen/Oldenburg, 1981-2010.
Further reading
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- Polish terms borrowed from German
- Polish terms derived from German
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/awpa
- Rhymes:Polish/awpa/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- Polish derogatory terms
- Polish ethnic slurs
- Polish colloquialisms
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