mani

See also: Mani, maní, máni, mâni, mãni, manī, mâ-nî, and mānī

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, Teletoon, Marathon Media, spoken by Samantha “Sam” (Jennifer Hale):
  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:
  The nails need a mani, the dress is due for a dry cleaning miracle and those "special occasion cuff links" have gone missing.

Anagrams

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

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/

Noun

maní

peanut
(slang) clitoris

Buhi'non Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Noun

maní

peanut

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ni/

Verb

mani

first-person singular present subjunctive form of manar
third-person singular present subjunctive form of manar
third-person singular imperative form of manar

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ma‧ni

IPA^(key): /maˈni/, [mʌˈn̪i]

Noun

mani

peanut

Chavacano

Etymology

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/, [ˈmɑni]
Rhymes: -ɑni
Syllabification^(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
instructive		—	manein
abessive		manitta	maneitta
comitative		—	maneineen

Possessive forms of mani (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	manini	manimme
2nd person	manisi	maninne
3rd person	maninsa

Anagrams

main, mina, nami

Garo

Noun

mani

paternal aunt
wife of uncle
mother-in-law
sister of mother-in-law

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
2nd person sing.	manid	manijaid
3rd person sing.	manija	manijai
1st person plural	manink	manijaink
2nd person plural	manitok	manijaitok
3rd person plural	manijuk	manijaik

References

Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.). Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (’A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition. →ISBN (The online version is available with registration for one 2-hour free trial per month.)

Ido

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmani/

Noun

mani

plural of mano
manes, ancestral spirits

Indonesian

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

Noun

mani f

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

Anagrams

amni, iman, mina

Karao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Noun

mani

peanut

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.niː/, [ˈmäːniː]

(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 form of es
with me; instrumental singular form of es

mani

nominative plural masculine form of mans
vocative plural masculine form of mans

Verb

mani

2nd person singular present indicative form of manīt
2nd person singular imperative form of manīt

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.

Pronoun

manī

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.“

Descendants

English: many
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

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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ma‧ni

IPA^(key): /maˈniʔ/, [mɐˈniʔ]

IPA^(key): /maˈni/, [mɐˈni] (obsolete)

Noun

manî

peanut
(figuratively) easy task
(anatomy, colloquial) clitoris
Synonyms: tilin, (colloquial) tinggil

Derived terms

manian
mani-mani
minani

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English money.

Noun

mani

money

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish مانع‎ (mani'), from Arabic مَانِع‎‎ (māniʿ), from verb مَنَعَ‎ (manaʿa, “to hinder”).

Noun

mani (definite accusative manii, plural maniler)

Alternative spelling of mâni (“obstacle”)

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish مانی‎ (mani), from Arabic مَعْنًى‎ (maʿnan).

Noun

mani (definite accusative maniyi, uncountable)

poem, couplet, four liner
(dialectal) always, everyday

Declension

Inflection

Nominative

mani

Definite accusative

maniyi

Singular

Plural

Nominative

mani

maniler

Definite accusative

maniyi

manileri

Dative

maniye

manilere

Locative

manide

manilerde

Ablative

maniden

manilerden

Genitive

maninin

manilerin

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, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1663

Venetian

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 (The online version is available with registration for one 2-hour free trial per month.)

mani

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

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

Noun

Anagrams

Karao

Etymology

Noun

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

References

Latvian