manhã

See also: manha

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• menhã (archaic, dialectal)
• manham (obsolete)
• menham (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese mannãa (“morning”), from Vulgar Latin *maneāna (“morning”), from Latin māne (“in the morning”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“to ripen, to mature”).

Cognate with Aragonese manyana, Asturian mañana, Galician mañá, Leonese mañana, Mirandese manhana and Spanish mañana.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ˈɲɐ̃/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ˈɲɐ̃/, [mə̃.ˈɲə̃]
• Hyphenation: ma‧nhã
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃

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Noun

manhã f (plural manhãs)

1. morning

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:manhã.

Derived terms

• amanhã

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: manha
• Indo-Portuguese: manhão
• Kabuverdianu: manhan
• Macanese: manhã
• Principense: manha