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Avendonian

Pronunciation

  • (Central Avendonian) IPA(key): [ˈape]

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *apô.

Noun

ape m sg or m pl (plural ape)

  1. monkey, ape

Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk ape, from Old Skundavisk apō, from Halmisk ᚨᛈᛟ (apō), from Proto-Germanic *apô.

Pronunciation

Noun

ape m. (class 4a, genitive apen, plural apen)

  1. ape, monkey
    We sån een krop af apen in the booms.
    We saw a group of apes in the trees.

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Vinnish

Etymology

From Old Norse api.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈaːpʰə/

Noun

ape c (genitive singular apes, nominative plural apar)

  1. monkey, ape, simian
    Er ðat saðer at apar bue i Suð-Amerike?
    Is it true that monkeys live in South America?
  2. jokester, goofy or silly person
    Helge er jen ape ðår han er drokken.
    Helge is a jokester when she is drunk.

Usage notes

  • Historically, the nominative singular form “api” was seen, and some speakers prefer this form even today.

Declension

Inflection of ape
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ape apen apar aparnar
accusative ape apen ape apene
dative apenem åpem åpenem
genitive apes apens ape apenne