manay

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See also: mañay and Manay

Bakung

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)ʀuqanay.

Adjective

manay

  1. 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)

  1. big sister; elder sister (especially the eldest)
    Nagluto si manay kan samuyang pangudtohan.
    Our big sister cooked our lunch.
  2. (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)

  1. an older woman; female senior (relatively older than the speaker)
  2. 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

  1. aunt
    Synonym: dada

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From a clipping of Spanish hermana (“sister”) +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ma‧nay
  • IPA(key): /maˈnaj/

Noun

manay (masculine manoy)

  1. (familiar) eldest sister
  2. (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)
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