налпа

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Ultimately from Polish małpa. Cognates include Belarusian ма́лпа (málpa), dialectal на́ўпа (náŭpa), Carpathian Rusyn ма́лфа (málfa), Czech and Slovak malpa (“sapajou”), Lower Sorbian nałpa and Ukrainian ма́впа (mávpa), dialectal на́лпа (nálpa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnalpa]
• Rhymes: -alpa
• Hyphenation: нал‧па

Noun

налпа (nalpa) f (diminutive налпочка, related adjective налпов or налповски)

1. monkey

   Synonym: (Serbism) маймун (majmun)

Declension

Declension of налпа

	singular	plural
nominative	налпа nalpa	налпи nalpi
genitive	налпи nalpi	налпох nalpox
dative	налпи nalpi	налпом nalpom
accusative	налпу nalpu	налпи nalpi
instrumental	налпу nalpu	налпами nalpami
locative	налпи nalpi	налпох nalpox
vocative	налпо nalpo	налпи nalpi

Related terms

nouns

• налпче n (nalpče)

 

References

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “налпа”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “monkey”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 182