mani

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

English

Noun

mani (plural manis)

1. (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.

See also

• mani stone
• mani-pedi
• mani wheel
• pedi

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

1. 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

1. peanut
2. (slang) clitoris

Buhi'non Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Noun

maní

1. peanut

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Verb

mani

1. 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/, [mʌˈn̪i]

Noun

mani

1. peanut

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish maní.

Noun

maní

1. peanut

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmani/

Verb

mani

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

Synonyms

• zohua

Cuyunon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Noun

mani

1. 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

1. 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
• Syllabification^(key): ma‧ni

Noun

mani (colloquial)

1. 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
	gen.	manin
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 gen. 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 gen. 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 gen. 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 gen. 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 gen. 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

Further reading

• “mani”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• main, mina, nami

Garo

Noun

mani

1. paternal aunt
2. wife of uncle
3. mother-in-law
4. sister of mother-in-law

Synonyms

• manitang (formal)
• manigipa (formal)

Higaonon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Noun

mani

1. peanut

Hungarian

Etymology

From English money.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mani (plural manik)

1. (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

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmani/

Noun

mani

1. plural of mano
2. 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)

1. ejaculate, sperm.

Further reading

• “mani” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Iriga Bicolano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Noun

maní

1. peanut

Italian

Noun

mani f

1. 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

1. peanut

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

mānī

1. 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

1. me; accusative singular of es
2. with me; instrumental singular of es

mani

1. nominative/vocative plural masculine of mans

Verb

mani

1. inflection of manīt:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Libon Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Noun

maní

1. peanut

Maranao

Noun

mani

1. sperm, semen
2. egg cell

Masbate Sorsogon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Noun

maní

1. peanut

Masbatenyo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Noun

maní

1. peanut

Masimasi

Noun

mani

1. 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

1. 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

1. peanut

Miskito

Noun

mani

1. summer
2. year

Mo

Noun

mani

1. 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

1. peanut

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μανία (manía, “madness”).

Noun

mani m (definite singular manien, indefinite plural manier, definite plural maniene)

1. 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)

1. 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

1. 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.

Further reading

• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 902, page 558

Pitjantjatjara

Etymology

Borrowed from English money.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmani/, [ˈmɐnɪ]

Noun

mani

1. money

   mani wiyangku ― free of charge

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɲi/
• Rhymes: -aɲi
• Syllabification: ma‧ni

Verb

mani

1. third-person singular present of manić

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Noun

maní

1. peanut

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of manifestación.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmani/ [ˈma.ni]
• Rhymes: -ani
• Syllabification: ma‧ni

Noun

mani f (plural manis)

1. (colloquial) protest

Swedish

Noun

mani c

1. mania
2. obsession

Declension

Declension of mani
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mani	manin	manier	manierna
Genitive	manis	manins	maniers	maniernas

Related terms

• manisk

References

• mani in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mani in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mani in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈniʔ/, [mɐˈniʔ]

• IPA^(key): /maˈni/, [mɐˈni] (obsolete)
• Hyphenation: ma‧ni

Noun

manî (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈᜒ)

1. (botany) peanut
2. (figurative, colloquial) easy task

   Synonyms: (slang) sisiw, (slang) tsiken

3. (anatomy, colloquial) clitoris

   Synonyms: tilin, (colloquial) tinggil

Derived terms

• mani-mani
• manian
• maniin
• minani

 

Further reading

• “mani”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English money.

Noun

mani

1. 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)

1. Alternative spelling of mâni (“obstacle”)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

mani (definite accusative maniyi, uncountable)

1. poem, couplet, four liner
2. (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^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1663

Venetian

Noun

mani

1. plural of mato

Volapük

Noun

mani

1. accusative singular of man

Waray Sorsogon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Noun

maní

1. peanut

West Albay Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Noun

maní

1. peanut

Yakan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Noun

mani

1. peanut

Yogad

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish maní (“peanut”).

Noun

maní

1. nut

Zia

Noun

mani

1. boy