Contionary:mana

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)

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, 2b "to house; to situate; to make into a house"
• manaati verb, 2c "to situate oneself; to lodge; to move house"