In Finnish they are monkey’s hands. Because they are hands. Also, I had always assumed that’s how it goes in every language. So, in English they are paws?!
What about other languages? Hands or paws or what?
Yeah, “paw” typically is understood to mean the forefoot of furry animals without hooves or similar. I think most people would say “hand” for a monkey, but language isn’t always precise, and the phrase “monkey’s paw” (as a magical item) is at least a hundred years old too.
In Finnish they are monkey’s hands. Because they are hands. Also, I had always assumed that’s how it goes in every language. So, in English they are paws?!
What about other languages? Hands or paws or what?
It’s hands in English. Only the idiom refers to a monkey’s ‘paw’.
Then it might be about some very unusual kind of monkey. Not a very clingy one.
I dunno, this particular monkey sounds like it was incapable of letting small things go.
Yeah, “paw” typically is understood to mean the forefoot of furry animals without hooves or similar. I think most people would say “hand” for a monkey, but language isn’t always precise, and the phrase “monkey’s paw” (as a magical item) is at least a hundred years old too.
yeah now that you say it calling them “tassar” in swedish sounds absolutely insane, it’s like calling their hands “elbows”
In English, it’s in fact hands.In German too.
In German you CAN use “Pfote” (which is the translation for paw) for hands though. Not a nice word though.