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English
Noun
mani (plural manis)
- (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
Anagrams
- Amin, Iman, Main, Mian, Mina, NAMI, NIMA, Naim, amin, iman, main, mina
Big Nambas
Etymology
From English money.
Pronunciation
Noun
mani
- money
Synonyms
References
Bikol Central
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ma‧ni
- IPA(key): /maˈni/,
Noun
maní
- peanut
- (slang) clitoris
Buhi'non Bikol
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).
Noun
maní
- peanut
Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
mani
- inflection of manar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ma‧ni
- IPA(key): /maˈni/,
Noun
mani
- peanut
Chavacano
Etymology
From Spanish maní.
Noun
maní
- peanut
Classical Nahuatl
Pronunciation
Verb
mani
- (intransitive) To spread out, to extend.
- (intransitive) To cover a flat surface.
Synonyms
Cuyunon
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).
Noun
mani
- peanut
Drehu
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
mani
- 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
Noun
mani (colloquial)
- money
- Synonym: raha
Declension
Further reading
Anagrams
Garo
Noun
mani
- paternal aunt
- wife of uncle
- mother-in-law
- sister of mother-in-law
Synonyms
Higaonon
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).
Noun
mani
- peanut
Hungarian
Etymology
From English money.
Pronunciation
Noun
mani (plural manik)
- (slang) money
Declension
References
- ^ Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.). Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (’A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition. →ISBN
Ido
Pronunciation
Noun
mani
- plural of mano
- manes, ancestral spirits
Indonesian
Etymology
From Arabic مَنِي (manī).
Pronunciation
Noun
mani (first-person possessive maniku, second-person possessive manimu, third-person possessive maninya)
- ejaculate, sperm.
Further reading
Iriga Bicolano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).
Noun
maní
- peanut
Italian
Noun
mani f
- plural of mano
- giungere le mani ― to join one's hands together
Anagrams
Karao
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).
Noun
mani
- peanut
Latin
Pronunciation
Adjective
mānī
- 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
- me; accusative singular of es
- with me; instrumental singular of es
mani
- nominative/vocative plural masculine of mans
Verb
mani
- inflection of manīt:
- second-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Libon Bikol
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).
Noun
maní
- peanut
Maranao
Noun
mani
- sperm, semen
- egg cell
Masbate Sorsogon
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).
Noun
maní
- peanut
Masbatenyo
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).
Noun
maní
- peanut
Masimasi
Noun
mani
- 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
Pronoun
mani
- many
Descendants
References
Miraya Bikol
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).
Noun
maní
- peanut
Miskito
Noun
mani
- summer
- year
Mo
Noun
mani
- 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
- peanut
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μανία (manía, “madness”).
Noun
mani m (definite singular manien, indefinite plural manier, definite plural maniene)
- mania (mental illness, or excessive enthusiasm)
Related terms
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)
- mania (mental illness, or excessive enthusiasm)
Related terms
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
Conjunction
mani
- 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
Pitjantjatjara
Etymology
Borrowed from English money.
Pronunciation
Noun
mani
- money
- mani wiyangku ― free of charge
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈma.ɲi/
- Rhymes: -aɲi
- Syllabification: ma‧ni
Verb
mani
- third-person singular present of manić
Southern Catanduanes Bicolano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).
Noun
maní
- peanut
Spanish
Etymology
Clipping of manifestación.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmani/
- Rhymes: -ani
- Syllabification: ma‧ni
Noun
mani f (plural manis)
- (colloquial) protest
Swedish
Noun
mani c
- mania
- obsession
Declension
Related terms
References
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)
- (botany) peanut
- (figurative, colloquial) easy task
- Synonyms: (slang) sisiw, (slang) tsiken
- (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
- 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)
- Alternative spelling of mâni (“obstacle”)
Etymology 2
From Ottoman Turkish مانی (mani), from Arabic مَعْنًى (maʕnan).
Noun
mani (definite accusative maniyi, uncountable)
- poem, couplet, four liner
- (dialectal) always, everyday
Declension
Synonyms
References
Venetian
Noun
mani
- plural of mato
Volapük
Noun
mani
- accusative singular of man
Waray Sorsogon
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).
Noun
maní
- peanut
West Albay Bikol
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).
Noun
maní
- peanut
Yakan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).
Noun
mani
- peanut
Yogad
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).
Noun
maní
- nut
Zia
Noun
mani
- boy