manki

Esperanto

Etymology

French manquer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈmanki/, /ˈmaŋki/
  • Hyphenation: man‧ki

Verb

manki (present mankas, past mankis, future mankos, conditional mankus, volitive manku)

  1. to be lacking, to be missing; to be wanting
    La domo mankas inan efekton.
    The house lacks a woman's touch.
    La tezo mankas bibliografion.
    The term paper is missing a bibliography.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Psalm 23:1:
      La Sinjoro estas mia pastro; Nenion mi mankos.
      The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.

Conjugation

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Japanese

Romanization

manki

  1. See まんき

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

Jocular use of English monkey, or from German männchen (little man).

Noun

manki

  1. boy, youth
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