manatí

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See also: manati and Manatí

Spanish[edit]

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

manatí

Etymology[edit]

From a Cariban term meaning “breast, udder” (perhaps by way of Arawakan-Taíno), ultimately from Proto-Cariban *manatɨ.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /manaˈti/ [ma.naˈt̪i]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -i
Syllabification: ma‧na‧tí

Noun[edit]

manatí m (plural manatís or manatíes)

manatee
Synonym: vaca marina

Descendants[edit]

→ Catalan: manatí
→ English: manatee
- → Japanese: マナティー (manatī)
- → Korean: 매너티 (maeneoti)
- → Welsh: manatî
→ Finnish: manaatti
→ French: lamantin
- → Armenian: լամանտին (lamantin)
- → Corsican: lamantinu
- → Dutch: lamantijn
- → English: lamantin
- → Italian: lamantino
- → Romanian: lamantin
- → Russian: ламанти́н (lamantín)
→ Galician: manatí
→ German: Manati
→ Italian: manato
→ Malay: manati
→ Polish: manat
→ Portuguese: manatim
→ Portuguese: manati
→ Tagalog: manati
→ Swahili: manatii
→ Welsh: manatî
→ Ye'kwana: manati

Further reading[edit]

“manatí”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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