מאַלפּע

Yiddish
.אַ מאַלפּע

Etymology

Borrowed from a Slavic language. Compare Polish małpa and Belarusian ма́лпа (málpa).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmaɫpə/
  • Hyphenation: מאַל‧פּע

Noun

מאַלפּע • (malpe) f, plural מאַלפּעס (malpes), diminutive מאַלפּעלע (malpele)

  1. monkey or ape (primate)
    Synonyms: אַפֿע (afe), אָבעזיאַנע (obezyane)

References
  • 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
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