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See also: mañay
Bakung[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)ʀuqanay.
Adjective[edit]
manay
- male
- ca kading manay ― a male goat
Bikol Central[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a clipping of Spanish hermana (“sister”) + -y.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: ma‧nay
- IPA(key): /ˈmanaj/, [ˈma.n̪aɪ̯] (Naga)
- IPA(key): /maˈnaj/, [maˈn̪aɪ̯] (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon)
Noun[edit]
mánay or manáy (masculine manoy)
- big sister; elder sister (especially the eldest)
- Nagluto si manay kan samuyang pangudtohan.
- Our big sister cooked our lunch.
- (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[edit]
Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a clipping of Spanish hermana (“sister”) + -y.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: ma‧nay
- IPA(key): /ˈmanaj/, [ˈma.n̪aɪ̯]
- IPA(key): /maˈnaj/, [mʌˈn̪aɪ̯] (term of address)
Noun[edit]
manay (masculine manoy)
- an older woman; female senior (relatively older than the speaker)
- term of address for any woman older than the speaker, not necessarily an elderly woman: ma'am
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan[1] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press
Dupaningan Agta[edit]
Noun[edit]
manay
Hiligaynon[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a clipping of Spanish hermana (“sister”) + -y.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
manay (masculine manoy)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- John Kaufmann (1934) Visayan-English Dictionary[2] (overall work in Hiligaynon and English)
Categories:
- Bakung terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Bakung terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Bakung terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Bakung terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Bakung lemmas
- Bakung adjectives
- Bakung terms with usage examples
- Bikol Central terms borrowed from Spanish
- Bikol Central terms derived from Spanish
- Bikol Central terms with IPA pronunciation
- Naga Bikol Central
- Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon Bikol Central
- Bikol Central lemmas
- Bikol Central nouns
- Bikol Central terms with usage examples
- Bikol Central informal terms
- Cebuano clippings
- Cebuano terms borrowed from Spanish
- Cebuano terms derived from Spanish
- Cebuano terms suffixed with -y
- Cebuano terms with IPA pronunciation
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano nouns
- Dupaningan Agta lemmas
- Dupaningan Agta nouns
- Hiligaynon clippings
- Hiligaynon terms borrowed from Spanish
- Hiligaynon terms derived from Spanish
- Hiligaynon terms suffixed with -y
- Hiligaynon terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hiligaynon lemmas
- Hiligaynon nouns
- Hiligaynon familiar terms