apa
Swedish
/ˈɑːˌpa/
noun
Definitions
- A primate; ape, monkey.
- (slang) A dumb or annoying person; idiot.
- (colloquial) A bad smell.
- (nautical) A sail on the main mast or mizzen mast of a sailing ship.
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish apa inherited from Old Norse api (fool, monkey, ape) inherited from Proto-Germanic *apô (monkey, ape) derived from Proto-Indo-European *abō- (ape).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*abō-
Gloss
ape
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ape English
- apedom English
- apehanger English
- apehood English
- apekind English
- apelet English
- apelike English
- apeling English
- apely English
- apeman English
- apeness English
- aper English
- apery English
- apeshit English
- apess English
- apewoman English
- apish English
- semi-ape English
- *abō- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ep- Proto-Indo-European
- ape Norwegian Bokmål
- *apô Proto-Germanic
- fält Swedish
- fältapa Swedish
- härma Swedish
- härmapa Swedish
- ape Norwegian Nynorsk
- ape Middle English
- api Old Norse
- abe Danish
- *opica Proto-Slavic
- api Icelandic
- เอป Thai
- affo Old High German
- apa Faroese
- *apō gmw-pro
- *apo Old Dutch
- apo Old Saxon
- Aff Alemannic German
- apa Old Swedish
- *apa Old Frisian