Old English · noun
apa
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈɑ.pɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈɑ · pɑ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- apesimianmonkey
Meaning
-
simian (monkey, ape)
Wið apan bite oððe mannes smyre mid fearres geallan
For the bite of ape or of man, smear with bulls' gall
Cockayne, Oswald (1864), Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and Starcraft of early England, volume 1, page 366
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *apō, from Proto-Germanic *apô. Cognate with Old Frisian *apa, Old Saxon apo, Old Dutch *apo, Old High German affo, Old Norse api.
Descendants
ape
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