mane

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See also Mane, mané, måne, and -mane

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English manu (mane), from Proto-Germanic *manō (mane), from Proto-Indo-European *mony-, *mon- (neck). Cognate with Dutch maan (mane), German Mähne (mane), Swedish man (horse's mane).

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mane (plural manes)

  1. Longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse
  2. Longer hair growth around head of male lions
    • 1900, L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
      Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair, and the Lion shook the dust out of his mane, and the Scarecrow patted himself into his best shape, and the Woodman polished his tin and oiled his joints.
  3. Long or thick hair of a person's head.

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

From Middle Low German manen (remind).

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  • IPA: /maːnə/, [ˈmæːnə], [ˈmæːn̩]

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mane (imperative man, infinitive at mane, present tense maner, past tense manede, past participle har manet)

  1. admonish, urge
  2. lay, exorcise
  3. conjure

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[edit] Dutch

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mane

  1. singular present subjunctive of manen.

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[edit] Adverb

mane

  1. by hand

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māne (not comparable)

  1. (early) in the morning

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[edit] References

  • mane in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879

[edit] Verb

manē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of maneō

[edit] Lithuanian

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manè

  1. (first-person singular) accusative form of .

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mane (infinitive manar)

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of manar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of manar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of manar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of manar.

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mane

  1. hand

[edit] Tetum

[edit] Noun

mane

  1. man, specifically adult male human

[edit] Volapük

[edit] Noun

mane

  1. dative singular form of man
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