manira

Balinese

Romanization

manira

1. Romanization of ᬫᬦᬶᬭ

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay manira, from Javanese ꦩꦤꦶꦫ (manira, “first person pronoun”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ˈni.ra/
• Rhymes: -ra
• Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧ra

Pronoun

manira

1. (archaic) I (first personal pronoun)

   Synonyms: aku, saya

Alternative forms

• menira

Further reading

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

Javanese

Romanization

manira

1. Romanization of ꦩꦤꦶꦫ

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦩꦤꦶꦫ (manira, “first person pronoun”).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /manirə/
• (Baku) IPA^(key): /manira/
• Rhymes: -irə, -rə, -ə
• Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧ra

Pronoun

manira (Jawi spelling منيرا)

1. (possibly obsolete) I (me, my)
2. (possibly obsolete) we (us, our)

Descendants

• Indonesian: manira

See also

• aku
• saya
• kita

Further reading

• “manira” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Old Javanese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ni.ra/

Pronoun

manira

1. I (first personal pronoun)

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦩꦤꦶꦫ (manira)
  • → Malay: manira
    • Indonesian: manira
• → Balinese: ᬫᬦᬶᬭ (manira)

Further reading

• P. J. Zoetmulder (1982) Old Javanese-English dictionary‎, 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, →ISBN, →OCLC

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• mànīr

Etymology

From German Manier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manǐːra/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧ra

Noun

maníra f (Cyrillic spelling мани́ра)

1. a manner
2. etiquette

Declension