manaty

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *manatɨ; compare Apalaí manaty, Trió manatï, Akawaio manatï, Macushi manatî, Pemon manatü, manak, Yao (South America) mannatii.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA^(key): [manaːtɨ]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [manaʔtɨ]

Noun

manaty (possessed manatyry)

1. breast (of a woman)
2. udder

Descendants

• → Spanish: manatí
  • → Catalan: manatí
  • → English: manatee
    • → Japanese: マナティー (manatī)
    • → Korean: 매너티 (maeneoti)
    • → Welsh: manatî
  • → Finnish: manaatti
  • → French: lamantin
    • → Armenian: լամանտին (lamantin)
    • → Corsican: lamantinu
    • → Dutch: lamantijn
    • → English: lamantin
    • → Italian: lamantino
    • → Romanian: lamantin
    • → Russian: ламанти́н (lamantín)
  • → Galician: manatí
  • → German: Manati
  • → Italian: manato
  • → Malay: manati
  • → Polish: manat
  • → Portuguese: manatim
  • → Portuguese: manati
  • → Tagalog: manati
  • → Swahili: manatii
  • → Welsh: manatî
  • → Ye'kwana: manati

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 312
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “manatï”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 267; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[2], Paris, 1956, page 262