малпа

Belarusian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian ма́лпа.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmaɫpa]
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Noun

ма́лпа (málpa) f animal (genitive ма́лпы, nominative plural ма́лпы, genitive plural ма́лпаў)

  1. ape, monkey

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • малпа” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Old Ruthenian

ма́лпа

Alternative forms

  • ма́лъпа

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish małpa, from Old Polish maułpa, further borrowed from Middle High German mūlaffe. Cognate with German Maulaffe, Polish małpa, maułpa and dialectal Slovak nalpa. First attested in the 16th century.

Noun

ма́лпа (transliteration needed) f anim (related adjective малпий)

  1. ape, monkey
    Synonym: обезъꙗ́на

Descendants

  • Belarusian: ма́лпа (málpa); ма́ўпа (máŭpa), на́ўпа (náŭpa) (dialectal)
  • Rusyn: ма́лфа f (málfa)
    • Rusyn: малфу́н m (malfún, male monkey)
    • Rusyn: малфеня́ n (malfenjá, baby monkey)
  • Ukrainian: ма́впа (mávpa), ма́лпа (málpa); ма́лфа (málfa), мо́лфа (mólfa), на́впа (návpa), на́лпа (nálpa), на́лфа (nálfa) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: мавпі́й m (mavpíj, male monkey)
    • Ukrainian: мавпеня́ n (mavpenjá, baby monkey)

Further reading

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