manaty

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Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *manatɨ; compare Apalaí manaty, Trió manatï, Akawaio manatï, Macushi manatî, Pemon manatü, manak, Yao (South America) mannatii.

Pronunciation

(Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA^(key):
(East Suriname) IPA^(key):

Noun

manaty (possessed manatyry)

breast (of a woman)
udder

Descendants

→ Spanish: manatí
- → Catalan: manatí
- → English: manatee
  - → Japanese: マナティー (manatī)
  - → Korean: 매너티 (maeneoti)
  - → Welsh: manatî
- → Finnish: manaatti
- → French: lamantin
  - → Armenian: լամանտին (lamantin)
  - → Corsican: lamantinu
  - → Dutch: lamantijn
  - → English: lamantin
  - → Italian: lamantino
  - → Romanian: lamantin
  - → Russian: ламанти́н (lamantín)
- → Galician: manatí
- → German: Manati
- → Italian: manato
- → Malay: manati
- → Polish: manat
- → Portuguese: manatim
- → Portuguese: manati
- → Tagalog: manati
- → Swahili: manatii
- → Welsh: manatî
- → Ye'kwana: manati

References

Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 312
Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “manatï”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 267; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 262

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