mannana

Old Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *māneāna, from Latin māne, whence also man (“morning”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈɲa.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: man‧na‧na

Noun

mannana f (plural mannanas)

1. morning

   Synonym: man f

   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 14r:

     Dẏxo nr̃o ſẽnor amoẏſen. maduꝛga ala mannana ⁊ di a pharaon. Q ẏol digo q̃ dexe mio pueblo. E ſi nõblo dexare echare en el ẏenſos vaſſallos beſtias fieras. ⁊ emplir ſe an todas las caſas ⁊ todala tr̃a. E marauillar ſe an en es dẏa.

     [Dixo nuestro Sennor a Moysen. “Madurga a la mannana e di a Pharaon que yo-l digo que dexe mío pueblo, e si non lo dexare, echaré en él e en sos vassallos bestias fieras, e emplir-se-án todas las casas e toda la tierra, e maravillar-se-án en es día.”]

     Our Lord said unto Moses, “Rise early in the morning and say unto Pharaoh that I order he let my people go, and that should he not let them go, I will unleash upon him and his servants savage beasts, and they will fill every house and all the earth, and on that day they will be awed. […]”

Descendants

• > Ladino: manyana (inherited)
• > Spanish: mañana (inherited)
  • Chavacano: mañana