manilla

See also: Manila and manila

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish manilla (“bracelet”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Catalan manilla (“bracelet, armring”); partly from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin monīle (“a necklace, collar”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *mony- (“withers, crest, mane”); and partly from (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  *mānili (“moon-shaped ornament”), from *māno (“moon”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *mēnô (“moon”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), related to Old High German mânili (“moon-shaped ornament”). More at mane, moon.

Noun

manilla (plural manillas)

1. A penannular armlet, mostly in bronze, copper or gold, which served as a form of money or barter coinage amongst certain West African peoples.

Anagrams

• Alnilam, animall, laminal

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Catalan

Etymology

mà (“hand”) +‎ -illa

Noun

manilla f (plural manilles)

1. (usually in the plural) handcuff

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Finnish

Noun

manilla

1. (deprecated template usage) adessive singular of mani

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Spanish

Etymology

From mano +‎ -illa, or more likely borrowed from Catalan manilla, itself a derivative of mà or from Vulgar Latin *manicla < Latin manicula, whence the inherited Spanish manija.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /maˈniʝa/ [maˈni.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /maˈniʝa/ [maˈni.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /maˈniʎa/ [maˈni.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maˈniʃa/ [maˈni.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maˈniʒa/ [maˈni.ʒa]

Noun

manilla f (plural manillas)

1. handle

Related terms

• manillar