apina

== Finnish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Old Swedish apina, apinia (compare Swedish apinja), from Old Norse apynja (“female monkey”). Compare Old Norse api. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑpinɑ/, [ˈɑ̝pinɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑpinɑ Syllabification(key): a‧pi‧na Hyphenation(key): api‧na === Noun === apina (zoology) simian (ape, monkey or human; animal belonging to the infraorder Simiiformes within the order Primates) monkey (any nonhuman simian primate) (informal, derogatory) ape (uncivilized person) ==== Usage notes ==== In zoology, apina means any simian, including humans. In everyday language, apina is understood to refer to any simian except humans. In English "monkey" can be used similarly, but "ape" normally refers only to the most human-like simians of the clade Hominoidea, which the Finnish may call ihmisapina but usually don't, using mere apina instead. ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ihmisapina (“ape”) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “apina”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 === Anagrams === ipana, paina == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish afinar. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔapiˈna/ [ʔɐ.pɪˈn̪a] Rhymes: -a Syllabification: a‧pi‧na === Noun === apiná (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉᜒᜈ) act of tuning up (such as musical instruments, motors, etc.) Synonyms: tono, pagtono ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “apina”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “apina”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 15