מאַלפּע
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Yiddish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from a Slavic language. Compare Polish małpa and Belarusian ма́лпа (málpa).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
מאַלפּע • (malpe) f, plural מאַלפּעס (malpes), diminutive מאַלפּעלע (malpele)
- monkey or ape (primate)
- Synonyms: אַפֿע (afe), אָבעזיאַנע (obezyane)
References[edit]
- Paul Abelson (1915) “ape”, in English-Yiddish Encyclopedic Dictionary, New York: The Jewish Press
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “monkey”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN