Contionary:mana

Qino

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Proto-Cushitic. Cognate 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"