manatí
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From a Cariban term meaning “breast, udder” (perhaps by way of Arawakan-Taíno), ultimately from Proto-Cariban *manatɨ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
manatí m (plural manatís or manatíes)
- manatee
- Synonym: vaca marina
Descendants edit
- → Catalan: manatí
- → English: manatee
- → Finnish: manaatti
- → French: lamantin
- → 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