mani

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mani"

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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^[1]:
  The nails need a mani, the dress is due for a dry cleaning miracle and those "special occasion cuff links" have gone missing.

Anagrams

Iman, amin, NIMA, NAMI, Main, iman, main, mnai, Mina, mina, Naim, Mian, Amin

Big Nambas

Etymology

From English money.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mani/

Noun

mani

money

Synonyms

nav'et

References

Big Nambas Grammar Pacific Linguistics - G.J. Fox

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ma‧ni
IPA^(key): /maˈni/ [maˈn̪i]

Noun

maní

peanut
(slang) clitoris

Buhi'non Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Noun

maní

peanut

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈma.ni]

Verb

mani

inflection of manar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ma‧ni
IPA^(key): /maˈni/ [mɐˈn̪i]

Noun

mani

peanut

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish maní.

Noun

maní

peanut

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmani/

Verb

mani

(intransitive) To spread out, to extend.
(intransitive) To cover a flat surface.

Synonyms

zohua

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

IPA^(key): /mani/

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

IPA^(key): /ˈmɑni/, [ˈmɑ̝ni]
Rhymes: -ɑni
Hyphenation^(key): ma‧ni

Noun

mani (colloquial)

money
Synonym: raha

Declension

Inflection of mani (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		mani	manit
genitive		manin	manien
partitive		mania	maneja
illative		maniin	maneihin
		singular	plural
nominative		mani	manit
accusative	nom.	mani	manit
accusative	gen.	manin	manit
genitive		manin	manien
partitive		mania	maneja
inessive		manissa	maneissa
elative		manista	maneista
illative		maniin	maneihin
adessive		manilla	maneilla
ablative		manilta	maneilta
allative		manille	maneille
essive		manina	maneina
translative		maniksi	maneiksi
abessive		manitta	maneitta
instructive		—	manein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of mani (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		manini	manini
accusative	nom.	manini	manini
accusative	gen.	manini	manini
genitive		manini	manieni
partitive		maniani	manejani
inessive		manissani	maneissani
elative		manistani	maneistani
illative		maniini	maneihini
adessive		manillani	maneillani
ablative		maniltani	maneiltani
allative		manilleni	maneilleni
essive		maninani	maneinani
translative		manikseni	maneikseni
abessive		manittani	maneittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	maneineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		manisi	manisi
accusative	nom.	manisi	manisi
accusative	gen.	manisi	manisi
genitive		manisi	maniesi
partitive		maniasi	manejasi
inessive		manissasi	maneissasi
elative		manistasi	maneistasi
illative		maniisi	maneihisi
adessive		manillasi	maneillasi
ablative		maniltasi	maneiltasi
allative		manillesi	maneillesi
essive		maninasi	maneinasi
translative		maniksesi	maneiksesi
abessive		manittasi	maneittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	maneinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		manimme	manimme
accusative	nom.	manimme	manimme
accusative	gen.	manimme	manimme
genitive		manimme	maniemme
partitive		maniamme	manejamme
inessive		manissamme	maneissamme
elative		manistamme	maneistamme
illative		maniimme	maneihimme
adessive		manillamme	maneillamme
ablative		maniltamme	maneiltamme
allative		manillemme	maneillemme
essive		maninamme	maneinamme
translative		maniksemme	maneiksemme
abessive		manittamme	maneittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	maneinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		maninne	maninne
accusative	nom.	maninne	maninne
accusative	gen.	maninne	maninne
genitive		maninne	manienne
partitive		manianne	manejanne
inessive		manissanne	maneissanne
elative		manistanne	maneistanne
illative		maniinne	maneihinne
adessive		manillanne	maneillanne
ablative		maniltanne	maneiltanne
allative		manillenne	maneillenne
essive		maninanne	maneinanne
translative		maniksenne	maneiksenne
abessive		manittanne	maneittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	maneinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		maninsa	maninsa
accusative	nom.	maninsa	maninsa
accusative	gen.	maninsa	maninsa
genitive		maninsa	maniensa
partitive		maniaan maniansa	manejaan manejansa
inessive		manissaan manissansa	maneissaan maneissansa
elative		manistaan manistansa	maneistaan maneistansa
illative		maniinsa	maneihinsa
adessive		manillaan manillansa	maneillaan maneillansa
ablative		maniltaan maniltansa	maneiltaan maneiltansa
allative		manilleen manillensa	maneilleen maneillensa
essive		maninaan maninansa	maneinaan maneinansa
translative		manikseen maniksensa	maneikseen maneiksensa
abessive		manittaan manittansa	maneittaan maneittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	maneineen maneinensa

Anagrams

main, mina, nami

Garo

Noun

mani

Synonyms

manitang (formal)
manigipa (formal)

Higaonon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Noun

mani

peanut

Hungarian

Etymology

From English money.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmɒni]
Hyphenation: ma‧ni
Rhymes: -ni

Noun

mani (plural manik)

(slang) money

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	mani	manik
accusative	manit	manikat
dative	maninak	maniknak
instrumental	manival	manikkal
causal-final	maniért	manikért
translative	manivá	manikká
terminative	maniig	manikig
essive-formal	maniként	manikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	maniban	manikban
superessive	manin	manikon
adessive	maninál	maniknál
illative	maniba	manikba
sublative	manira	manikra
allative	manihoz	manikhoz
elative	maniból	manikból
delative	maniról	manikról
ablative	manitól	maniktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	manié	maniké
non-attributive possessive - plural	maniéi	manikéi

Possessive forms of mani
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	manim	manijaim (or maniim)
2nd person sing.	manid	manijaid (or maniid)
3rd person sing.	manija	manijai (or manii)
1st person plural	manink	manijaink (or maniink)
2nd person plural	manitok	manijaitok (or maniitok)
3rd person plural	manijuk	manijaik (or maniik)

References

^ Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.). Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (“A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian”). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition →ISBN. Online searchable version (under development)

Ido

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmani/

Noun

mani

plural of mano
manes, ancestral spirits

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

mani

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

From Arabic مَنِي (manī).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmani]
Hyphenation: ma‧ni

Noun

mani (first-person possessive maniku, second-person possessive manimu, third-person possessive maninya)

ejaculate, sperm.

Iriga Bicolano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Noun

maní

peanut

Italian

Etymology 1

Noun

mani f

plural of mano
giungere le mani ― to join one's hands together

Etymology 2

From Latin manes (“spirits of the dead”).

Noun

mani m (invariable)

(Roman mythology) manes
(literary) the souls of the deceased, or of a single dead person

Related terms

Anagrams

amni, iman, mina

Karao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Noun

mani

peanut

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.niː/, [ˈmäːniː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ni/, [ˈmäːni]

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:
1. second-person singular present indicative
2. 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

IPA^(key): /ˈmaniː/

Pronoun

mani

many
- 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41:
  And I seide, “Ser, in his tyme maister Ioon Wiclef was holden of ful many men the grettis clerk that thei knewen lyuynge vpon erthe.“
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

English: many
Geordie English: mony
Scots: mony, monie
Yola: many

References

“manī, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
“manī” listed in the Middle English Dictionary [2001]

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

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

mani

Wikipedia ^no

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

manisk

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

manisk

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

IPA^(key): [ˈmanʲi]

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.

Pitjantjatjara

Etymology

Borrowed from English money.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmani/, [ˈmɐnɪ]

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/ [ˈma.ni]
Rhymes: -ani
Syllabification: ma‧ni

Noun

mani f (plural manis)

(colloquial) protest

Swedish

Noun

mani c

Declension

Declension of mani

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	mani	manis
singular	definite	manin	manins
plural	indefinite	manier	maniers
plural	definite	manierna	maniernas

Related terms

manisk

References

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”), from Taíno.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog)
- IPA^(key): /maˈniʔ/ [mɐˈn̪iʔ]
  - Rhymes: -iʔ
- IPA^(key): /maˈni/ [mɐˈn̪i] (obsolete)
Syllabification: ma‧ni

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

Anagrams

amin, ma- -in, anim, inam, nami

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

Inflection

Nominative

mani

Definite accusative

maniyi

Singular

Plural

Nominative

mani

Definite accusative

Dative

Locative

Ablative

Genitive

Possessive forms
Nominative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	manim	manilerim
2nd singular	manin	manilerin
3rd singular	manisi	manileri
1st plural	manimiz	manilerimiz
2nd plural	maniniz	manileriniz
3rd plural	manileri	manileri
Definite accusative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	manimi	manilerimi
2nd singular	manini	manilerini
3rd singular	manisini	manilerini
1st plural	manimizi	manilerimizi
2nd plural	maninizi	manilerinizi
3rd plural	manilerini	manilerini
Dative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	manime	manilerime
2nd singular	manine	manilerine
3rd singular	manisine	manilerine
1st plural	manimize	manilerimize
2nd plural	maninize	manilerinize
3rd plural	manilerine	manilerine
Locative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	manimde	manilerimde
2nd singular	maninde	manilerinde
3rd singular	manisinde	manilerinde
1st plural	manimizde	manilerimizde
2nd plural	maninizde	manilerinizde
3rd plural	manilerinde	manilerinde
Ablative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	manimden	manilerimden
2nd singular	maninden	manilerinden
3rd singular	manisinden	manilerinden
1st plural	manimizden	manilerimizden
2nd plural	maninizden	manilerinizden
3rd plural	manilerinden	manilerinden
Genitive
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	manimin	manilerimin
2nd singular	maninin	manilerinin
3rd singular	manisinin	manilerinin
1st plural	manimizin	manilerimizin
2nd plural	maninizin	manilerinizin
3rd plural	manilerinin	manilerinin

Predicative forms
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	maniyim	manilerim
2nd singular	manisin	manilersin
3rd singular	mani manidir	maniler manilerdir
1st plural	maniyiz	manileriz
2nd plural	manisiniz	manilersiniz
3rd plural	maniler	manilerdir

Synonyms

hoyrat

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مانی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1663

Venetan

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

[1] Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.). Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (“A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian”). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition →ISBN. Online searchable version (under development)

[1]

English

Noun

See also

Anagrams

Big Nambas

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

References

Bikol Central

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Buhi'non Bikol

Etymology

Noun

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

Cebuano

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Chavacano

Etymology

Noun

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

Verb

Synonyms

Cuyunon

Etymology

Noun

Drehu

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Finnish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Further reading

Anagrams

Garo

Noun

Synonyms

Higaonon

Etymology

Noun

Hungarian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

References

Ido

Pronunciation

Noun

Indonesian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Further reading

Iriga Bicolano

Etymology

Noun

Italian

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

Related terms

Anagrams

Karao

Etymology

Noun

Latin