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Bakung
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)ʀuqanay.
Adjective
manay
- male
- ca kading manay ― a male goat
Bikol Central
Etymology
From a clipping of Spanish hermana (“sister”) + -y.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ma‧nay
- IPA(key): /ˈmanaj/ (Naga)
- IPA(key): /maˈnaj/ (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon)
Noun
mánay or manáy (masculine manoy)
- big sister; elder sister (especially the eldest)
Nagluto si manay kan samuyang pangudtohan.- Our big sister cooked our lunch.
- (informal) respectful term of address or honorific for a young woman or girl or any female older than oneself: miss; sis
Nagbakal ako nin kakanon hali ki manay.- I bought food from the miss (food stall vendor).
Synonyms
Cebuano
Etymology
From a clipping of Spanish hermana (“sister”) + -y.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ma‧nay
- IPA(key): /ˈmanaj/
- IPA(key): /maˈnaj/ (term of address)
Noun
manay (masculine manoy)
- an older woman; female senior (relatively older than the speaker)
- term of address for any woman older than the speaker, not necessarily an elderly woman: ma'am
Derived terms
Further reading
- John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press
Dupaningan Agta
Noun
manay
- aunt
- Synonym: dada
Hiligaynon
Etymology
From a clipping of Spanish hermana (“sister”) + -y.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ma‧nay
- IPA(key): /maˈnaj/
Noun
manay (masculine manoy)
- (familiar) eldest sister
- (familiar) term of address for the eldest sister: big sis
Derived terms
Further reading
- John Kaufmann (1934) Visayan-English Dictionary (overall work in Hiligaynon and English)