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===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
Proto-Cushitic ''*man, *min''. Cognate to Somali '' | Proto-Cushitic ''*man, *min''. Cognate to Somali ''min(an)'', Af Maay ''ming'', Oromo ''mana''. | ||
===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== | ||
Revision as of 18:52, 21 December 2017
Qino
Alternative forms
- مں (Western Arabic script)
- من (Eastern Arabic script)
- መነ (Ge'ez script)
Etymology
Proto-Cushitic *man, *min. Cognate to Somali min(an), Af Maay ming, Oromo mana.
Pronunciation
(Qino) IPA: /ˈmana/
Noun
mana m. (singulative manka; plural manoota, maneeni, manooni; diminutive manicha; augmentative manoowa)
- house(s), building(s)
- Kiishi mana wiine
- My house is big.
- Kiishi mana wiine
- place of X
- bartíni mana
- school (place of learning)
- bartíni mana
Derived terms
- maneena noun, m. "village, community"
- manaasi verb, 2b "to house; to situate; to make into a house"
- manaati verb, 2c "to situate oneself; to lodge; to move house"