maña

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Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mania (“manual skill”), from Latin manus (“hand”).

Noun

maña f (plural mañes)

  1. skill

Crimean Tatar

Pronoun

maña

  1. to me

Galician

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mania (“manual skill”), from Latin manus (“hand”).

Pronunciation

Noun

maña f (plural mañas)

  1. skill, aptitude
    Synonyms: destreza, habelencia, habilidade, xeito
  2. (archaic) way, manner
    Synonyms: maneira, modo
  3. bad habit, vice, mania
    Synonyms: vezo, vicio
    • 19th century, folk song:
      Os dentes d'a miña dòna
      mòrdenme, cando lle rifo.
      Hèilles de pasa-l-a lima
      por s'esa maña lle quito.
      My wife's teeth
      bite me when I tell her off.
      I'll file them
      in case this vice I remove from her.

References

  • “manna” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “maña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “manna” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “maña” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “maña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “maña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “maña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Salar

Pronoun

maña

  1. to me (dative of men)

References

  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “maña”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow
  • Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “maña”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 362

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaɲa/
  • Rhymes: -aɲa
  • Syllabification: ma‧ña

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mania (“manual skill”), from Latin manus (“hand”). The sense of "mania" may have been influenced by manía, from the (unrelated) Latin mania. Compare Portuguese manha.

Noun

maña f (plural mañas)

  1. skill, aptitude, knack
    Synonyms: destreza, habilidad, talento
  2. trick (something designed to fool)
  3. (Latin America) bad habit, vice, mania
    Synonyms: vicio, resabio, manía
  4. (Latin America) bad temper, ill humor
    Synonym: cólera
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

maña

  1. feminine singular of maño

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

maña f (plural mañas)

  1. female equivalent of maño

Adjective

maña

  1. feminine singular of maño

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