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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From:
R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">sassisch@yahoo.com</span></a>></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Dear
Lowlanders,<br>
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Talking about the month of May ... I wonder what the story behind the Low Saxon
word <i>Maiaap</i> and its German cognate <i>Maiaffe</i> is. Their literal meaning
is “May ape/monkey”, and this means something like ‘fool‘, ‘silly person‘.<br>
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I wonder if it goes back to May being what in German is called the <i>Wonnemond
</i>or <i>Wonnemonat</i> ("month of bliss”), associated with courting. So perhaps
<i>Maiaap</i> and <i>Maiaffe</i> originally denoted a fellow that acted particularly
giddily, someone that got quite carried away playing the suitor during this season of traditional courting rituals and festivities.<br>
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Any cognates and ideas out there?<br>
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Regards,<br>
Reinhard/Ron<br>
Seattle, USA</p>
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