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Yiddish
Etymology
From קניפּ (knip) + ־ל (-l).
Noun
קניפּל • (knipl) n, plural קניפּלעך (kniplekh)
- diminutive of קניפּ (knip): little pinch
- knot
- Synonym: קנופּ (knup)
- knotted kerchief: bindle, coin purse
- (by extension) money box, piggy bank
- Synonym: פּושקע (pushke)
- (figurative, humorous) savings: nest egg, housewife hidden savings
- Synonym: אָפּשפּאָר (opshpor)
1873, Israel Wohlman, די ווייבערשע קניפּלאך:[title] די ווייבערשע קניפּלאך- [title] di veybershe kniplakh
- The Wives' Nest Eggs
- clique
- Synonyms: קליקע (klike), קלײַזל (klayzl), כּנופֿיא (knufye)
- (anatomy) node, nodule
Derived terms
Proper noun
קניפּל • (knipl) ?
- a surname, best-known from the fictional Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer. Akin to Knippel, Knüppel, Knopf.
References
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “nest egg”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN