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In Polish it's called małpa (monkey). I always thought of this as weird — turns out the Poles were not alone in noticing the resemblance :D
by penchant 1y ago
In Polish it's called małpa (monkey). I always thought of this as weird — turns out the Poles were not alone in noticing the resemblance :D
- leobg 1y agoGerman: “Klammeraffe” (literally: “bracket monkey”)
- layer8 1y agoKlammeraffe is a genus of monkey, called spider monkeys [0] in English. “Klammer” here means “clinging”, because these monkeys use their long tail similar to their arms to hold on to branches. “Klammeraffe” has no relation to brackets. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_monkey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_monkey
- Nux 1y agoIn Romanian we used to call it literally "monkey's tail", but most people now just use "at" instead.
- dvh 1y agoZavináč in Slovak (like the fish, sprat, curled into small ball)
- misterdata 1y agoAlso “apenstaartje” in Dutch (monkey’s tail)