mani

English

Noun

mani (plural manis)

1. (informal) Clipping of manicure.
   • 2006 March 16, Therese Beaupre, “The O.P.”, in Totally Spies!: Undercover, season 4, episode 4, spoken by Samantha “Sam” (Jennifer Hale), Marathon Media, via Teletoon:

     You mean you actually found something more important than to you than a weekly mani?

   • 2009 January 12, “Dress for Success: Have a Ball at Dumbarton”, in Express Night Out‎:

     The nails need a mani, the dress is due for a dry cleaning miracle and those "special occasion cuff links" have gone missing.

See also

• mani stone
• mani-pedi
• mani wheel
• pedi

Anagrams

• Amin, Iman, Main, Mian, Mina, NAMI, NIMA, Naim, amin, iman, main, mina

Big Nambas

Etymology

From English money.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mani/

Noun

mani

1. money

Synonyms

• nav'et

References

• Big Nambas Grammar Pacific Linguistics - G.J. Fox

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧ni
• IPA^(key): /maˈni/,

Noun

maní

1. peanut
2. (slang) clitoris

Buhi'non Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Noun

maní

1. peanut

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian)

Verb

mani

1. inflection of manar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧ni
• IPA^(key): /maˈni/,

Noun

mani

1. peanut

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish maní.

Noun

maní

1. peanut

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmani/

Verb

mani

1. (intransitive) To spread out, to extend.
2. (intransitive) To cover a flat surface.

Synonyms

• zohua

Cuyunon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Noun

mani

1. peanut

Drehu

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mani/

Noun

mani

1. rain

References

• Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDe’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Finnish

Etymology

From English money.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑni/,
• Rhymes: -ɑni
• Syllabification^(key): ma‧ni

Noun

mani (colloquial)

1. money

   Synonym: raha

Declension

Further reading

• “mani”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• main, mina, nami

Garo

Noun

mani

1. paternal aunt
2. wife of uncle
3. mother-in-law
4. sister of mother-in-law

Synonyms

• manitang (formal)
• manigipa (formal)

Higaonon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Noun

mani

1. peanut

Hungarian

Etymology

From English money.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ma‧ni
• Rhymes: -ni

Noun

mani (plural manik)

1. (slang) money

Declension

References

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmani/

Noun

mani

1. plural of mano
2. manes, ancestral spirits

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

mani

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

From Arabic مَنِي (manī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ma‧ni

Noun

mani (first-person possessive maniku, second-person possessive manimu, third-person possessive maninya)

1. ejaculate, sperm.

Further reading

• “mani” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Iriga Bicolano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Noun

maní

1. peanut

Italian

Noun

mani f

1. plural of mano

   giungere le mani ― to join one's hands together

Anagrams

• amni, iman, mina

Karao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Noun

mani

1. peanut

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.niː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ni/,

Adjective

mānī

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of mānis

References

• “mani”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mani”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Latvian

Pronoun

mani

1. me; accusative singular of es
2. with me; instrumental singular of es

mani

1. nominative/vocative plural masculine of mans

Verb

mani

1. inflection of manīt:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Libon Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Noun

maní

1. peanut

Maranao

Noun

mani

1. sperm, semen
2. egg cell

Masbate Sorsogon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Noun

maní

1. peanut

Masbatenyo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Noun

maní

1. peanut

Masimasi

Noun

mani

1. bird

References

• George W. Grace, Notes on the phonological history of the Austronesian languages of the Sarmi Coast, in Oceanic Linguistics (1971, 10:11-37)

Middle English

Alternative forms

• mane, magnie, maini, mainie, mange, manie, manige, maniȝ, many, meine, meni, menie, monei, moni, monie, moniȝ, mony, myny

Etymology

From Old English manig, from Proto-West Germanic *manag, from Proto-Germanic *managaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaniː/

Pronoun

mani

1. many
   • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41:

     And I seide, “Ser, in his tyme maister Ioon Wiclef was holden of ful many men the grettis clerk that thei knewen lyuynge vpon erthe.“

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• English: many
• Geordie English: mony
• Scots: mony, monie
• Yola: many

References

• “manī, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “manī” listed in the Middle English Dictionary

Miraya Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Noun

maní

1. peanut

Miskito

Noun

mani

1. summer
2. year

Mo

Noun

mani

1. bird

References

• George W. Grace, Notes on the phonological history of the Austronesian languages of the Sarmi Coast, in Oceanic Linguistics (1971, 10:11-37)

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Noun

maní

1. peanut

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

mani

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μανία (manía, “madness”).

Noun

mani m (definite singular manien, indefinite plural manier, definite plural maniene)

1. mania (mental illness, or excessive enthusiasm)

Related terms

• manisk

References

• “mani” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μανία (manía, “madness”).

Noun

mani m (definite singular manien, indefinite plural maniar, definite plural maniane)

1. mania (mental illness, or excessive enthusiasm)

Related terms

• manisk

References

• “mani” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• manid (before the indicative if there is no infixed pronoun)

Etymology

Univerbation of má (“if”) +‎ ní (“not”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Conjunction

mani

1. if…not, unless

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mani.

Usage notes

Takes the indicative when the following verb has a past or present meaning and the present subjunctive when the verb has a future meaning.

Further reading

• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 902, page 558

Pitjantjatjara

Etymology

Borrowed from English money.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmani/,

Noun

mani

1. money

   mani wiyangku ― free of charge

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɲi/
• Rhymes: -aɲi
• Syllabification: ma‧ni

Verb

mani

1. third-person singular present of manić

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Noun

maní

1. peanut

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of manifestación.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmani/
• Rhymes: -ani
• Syllabification: ma‧ni

Noun

mani f (plural manis)

1. (colloquial) protest

Swedish

Noun

mani c

1. mania
2. obsession

Declension

Related terms

• manisk

References

• mani in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mani in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mani in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”), from Taíno.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧ni
• IPA^(key): /maˈniʔ/,
• IPA^(key): /maˈni/, (obsolete)

Noun

manî (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈᜒ)

1. (botany) peanut
2. (figurative, colloquial) easy task

   Synonyms: (slang) sisiw, (slang) tsiken

3. (anatomy, colloquial) clitoris

   Synonyms: tilin, (colloquial) tinggil

Derived terms

Further reading

• “mani”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English money.

Noun

mani

1. money

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish مانع (mani'), from Arabic مَانِع (māniʕ), from verb مَنَعَ (manaʕa, “to hinder”).

Noun

mani (definite accusative manii, plural maniler)

1. Alternative spelling of mâni (“obstacle”)

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish مانی (mani), from Arabic مَعْنًى (maʕnan).

Noun

mani (definite accusative maniyi, uncountable)

1. poem, couplet, four liner
2. (dialectal) always, everyday

Declension

Synonyms

• hoyrat

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مانی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1663

Venetian

Noun

mani

1. plural of mato

Volapük

Noun

mani

1. accusative singular of man

Waray Sorsogon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Noun

maní

1. peanut

West Albay Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Noun

maní

1. peanut

Yakan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Noun

mani

1. peanut

Yogad

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Noun

maní

1. nut

Zia

Noun

mani

1. boy