mankavo

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Etymology

From mano (“hand”, noun) +‎ kavo (“cavity, hollow”, noun).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /manˈkavo/
  • Rhymes: -avo
  • Hyphenation: man‧ka‧vo

Noun

mankavo (accusative singular mankavon, plural mankavoj, accusative plural mankavojn)

  1. (anatomy) cupped palm (inner side of a hand held in a hollow)
    • 1916, “Sentencoj 30:4 ”, in Zamenhof, Ludoviko Lazaro, transl., La Malnova Testamento ‎, Londono: Brita kaj Alilanda Biblia Societo, published 1927, archived from the original on 2022-07-01, page 562:
      Kiu kolektis la venton en siajn mankavojn? ?
      Who has gathered the wind in his fists? ?
      (figure — figuratively)
    • 1916, “Jesaja 40:12 ”, in Zamenhof, Ludoviko Lazaro, transl., La Malnova Testamento ‎, Londono: Brita kaj Alilanda Biblia Societo, published 1927, archived from the original on 2022-07-01, page 601:
      mezuris per sia mankavo la akvon ?
      has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, ?
    • 2015, Julius Hauser, “Moderna banloko”, in Monato: internacia magazino‎, Belgio: Flandra Esperanto-Ligo, archived from the original on 2021-09-23:
      la aktor(in)o, ricevinta la ĉefpremion, postlasas signon de sia mankavo sur la Ponto de la gloro .
      the actor/actress, who received the main prize, leaves a mark of their cupped palm on the Bridge of the Glory .

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