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Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From German Low German Mulape (compare German Maulaffe); cognate with Old East Slavic налъпа (nalŭpa), dialectal Upper Sorbian małpa, Polish małpa, Czech malpa.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
nałpa f (diminutive nałpka)
- monkey
Declension
References
- ^ Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “nałpa”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
Further reading
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “nałpa”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag