abekat

Danish

noun
Definitions
  • (childish) A monkey (animal)
  • (informal) A mischievous and uncivilized person, behaving like a monkey.
  • (offensive) A dark-skinned person, especially a person of, or primarily of, Negro descent.

Etymology

Affix from Danish abe (ape, an ape, monkey, a monkey) + Danish kat (cat).

Origin

Danish

kat

Gloss

cat

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

猫

Emoji
🐅 🐆 🐈‍⬛ 🐯 🐱 😸 😹 😺 😻 😼 😽 😾 😿 🙀 🦁

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