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