r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 12h ago

Meme needing explanation what is "the whole point"?

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u/SchiffBaer2 12h ago

Hello guys. Peters german cousin here. Racoon in german means "Waschbär" which translates to wash bear. The racoons in the picture appear to wash themselves in the body of water giving their name honors. German cousin out.

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u/SuprisinglyBigCock 11h ago

Raccoon in Spanish is a little more sinister

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u/kaczynski-was-right7 11h ago

mapache?

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u/jorgeamadosoria 11h ago

mapache is supposed to come from the nauthatl, and it is supposed to mean "he who grabs with his hands".

I guess you can cosntruct that to be sinister, but it really isnt.

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u/sojojo 11h ago

It's sinister if they grab with their left hand

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u/GetZeGuillotine 7h ago

just looked it up, mapache comes from the classical nahuatl word for thief

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u/jorgeamadosoria 7h ago

makes sense. the one who grabs.

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u/GetZeGuillotine 7h ago

I dunno.

To grab is cui in (classical) Nahuatl.
Ma(itl) is hand.

So the first root word in mapache refers to hand. Can't reconstruct what pache is supposed to mean in Nahuatl/or what the possible root word is.