manatí

See also: manati and Manatí

Spanish

Etymology

From a Cariban term meaning “breast, udder” (perhaps by way of Arawakan-Taíno), ultimately from Proto-Cariban *manatɨ. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “why would a word for breast come to mean manatee?”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manaˈti/ [ma.naˈt̪i]

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• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: ma‧na‧tí

Noun

manatí m (plural manatís or manatíes)

1. manatee

   Synonym: vaca marina

Descendants

• → Catalan: manatí
• → English: manatee
  • → Japanese: マナティー (manatī)
  • → Korean: 매너티 (maeneoti)
  • → Welsh: manatî
• → Finnish: manaatti
• → French: lamantin
  • → Armenian: լամանտին (lamantin)
  • → Corsican: lamantinu
  • → Dutch: lamantijn
  • → English: lamantin
  • → Italian: lamantino
  • → Romanian: lamantin
  • → Russian: ламанти́н (lamantín)
• → Galician: manatí
• → German: Manati
• → Italian: manato
• → Malay: manati
• → Polish: manat
• → Portuguese: manatim
• → Portuguese: manati
• → Tagalog: manati
• → Swahili: manatii
• → Welsh: manatî
• → Ye'kwana: manati

Further reading

• “manatí”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10