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# house(s), building(s)
# house(s), building(s)
#:''Kiishi <b>mana</b> wiine''
#:''Kiishi <b>mana</b> wiine''
#:: ''My house is big.''
#:: ''My house is '''big'''.''
# place of X
# place of X
#:''bartíni <b>mana</b>''
#:''bartíni <b>mana</b>''
#:: ''school (place of learning)''
#:: ''school ('''place''' of learning)''
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Revision as of 00:26, 2 December 2017

Qino

Alternative forms

  • مں (Western Arabic script)
  • من (Eastern Arabic script)
  • መነ (Ge'ez script)

Etymology

Proto-Cushitic. Related to Somali minin, Af Maay ming, Oromo mana.

Pronunciation

(Qino) IPA: /ˈmana/

Noun

mana m. (singulative manka; plural manoota, maneeni, manooni; diminutive manicha; augmentative manoowa)

  1. house(s), building(s)
    Kiishi mana wiine
    My house is big.
  2. place of X
    bartíni mana
    school (place of learning)

Derived terms

maneena noun, m. "village, community"

manaasi verb "to house, to locate (tr.); to make into a house"

manaati verb "to locate (oneself), to lodge; to move house"