manay

See also: mañay and Manay

Bakung

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)ʀuqanay.

Adjective

manay

1. male

   ca kading manay ― a male goat

Bikol Central

Etymology

From a clipping of Spanish hermana (“sister”) + -y.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧nay
• IPA^(key): /ˈmanaj/ [ˈma.n̪aɪ̯] (Naga)
• IPA^(key): /maˈnaj/ [maˈn̪aɪ̯] (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon)

Noun

mánay or manáy (masculine manoy)

1. big sister; elder sister (especially the eldest)

   Nagluto si manay kan samuyang pangudtohan.

   Our big sister cooked our lunch.

2. (informal) respectful term of address or honorific for a young woman or girl or any female older than oneself: miss; sis

   Nagbakal ako nin kakanon hali ki manay.

   I bought food from the miss (food stall vendor).

Synonyms

• ate

Cebuano

Etymology

From a clipping of Spanish hermana (“sister”) +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧nay
• IPA^(key): /ˈmanaj/ [ˈma.n̪ɐɪ̯]
• IPA^(key): /maˈnaj/ [mɐˈn̪aɪ̯] (term of address)

Noun

manay (masculine manoy)

1. an older woman; female senior (relatively older than the speaker)
2. term of address for any woman older than the speaker, not necessarily an elderly woman: ma'am

Derived terms

• Manay

 

Related terms

• Manang
• manang
• mano
• Manong
• manong
• nang
• nong

 

Further reading

• John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎^[1] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

manay

1. aunt

   Synonym: dada

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From a clipping of Spanish hermana (“sister”) +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧nay
• IPA^(key): /maˈnaj/ [maˈnaɪ̯]

Noun

manay (masculine manoy)

1. (familiar) eldest sister
2. (familiar) term of address for the eldest sister: big sis

Derived terms

• Manay

 

Related terms

• manang
• Manang
• manong
• Manong

 

Further reading

• John Kaufmann (1934) Visayan-English Dictionary‎^[2] (overall work in Hiligaynon and English)