See also: MANTA, Manta, mantā, mäntä, -manta, and Man-ta

English edit

Etymology edit

From Spanish manta (blanket).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmæn.tə/
  • (file)

Noun edit

manta (plural mantas)

  1. A kind of fabric or blanket used in Latin America and southwestern United States.
  2. Ellipsis of manta ray.

Derived terms edit

Anagrams edit

Asturian edit

Noun edit

manta f (plural mantes)

  1. blanket

Bikol Central edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /manˈtaʔ/, [man̪ˈtaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: man‧ta

Conjunction edit

mantâ (Basahan spelling ᜋᜈ᜔ᜆ)

  1. (formal) while/whilst

Derived terms edit

Catalan edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Compare Spanish manta.

Noun edit

manta f (plural mantes)

  1. blanket
  2. manta ray

Etymology 2 edit

Adjective edit

manta

  1. feminine singular of mant

Further reading edit

  • “manta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano edit

Etymology edit

From English manta ray, from Spanish manta.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: man‧ta

Noun edit

manta

  1. a manta ray; any of several very large pelagic rays of the genus Manta

Chavacano edit

Etymology edit

From Spanish manta (blanket).

Noun edit

manta

  1. blanket

Galician edit

Etymology edit

Attested from the 11th century in local Medieval Latin documents. From manto.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

manta f (plural mantas)

  1. blanket
    Synonym: cobertor
    • 1327, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 79:
      e proueam á dita albergaría de leytos e de feltros et mantas e de cubertas e manteñan y hun ome e hua moller que aguarde a roupa e faça os leytos aos doentes e os caldos quando lles conpryr
      and they should provide that hospital with beds and felts and blankets and covers, and they should keep there a man and a woman who should guard the clothes and make the beds of the sick and the hot soup when they would need it
  2. runner stone (upper millstone)
  3. fry shoal

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • manta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • manta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • manta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • manta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “manto”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Ilocano edit

Etymology edit

From Spanish manta.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: man‧ta
  • IPA(key): /ˈmanta/

Noun edit

manta

  1. blanket

Latvian edit

Noun edit

manta f (4th declension)

  1. property
    valsts mantastate, public property
    mantas nodoklisproperty tax
    mantas konfiskācijaconfiscation of property
    personiskā mantapersonal property
    novēlēt savu mantu bērniembequeath his property to (his) children
  2. wealth, riches
    viņš izšķiedies svešu mantuhe is wasting someone else's wealth
    atrast apslēptu mantuto find the hidden treasure
  3. things, objects
    vecu mantu uzpircējsold things dealer

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Malagasy edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mətaq, compare Indonesian mentah, Maori mata.

Adjective edit

manta

  1. raw (uncooked)

Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit मन्त्र (mantra).

Noun edit

manta n

  1. charm, spell, incantation

Declension edit

Papantla Totonac edit

Noun edit

manta inan

  1. sweet potato

References edit

  • Crescencio García Ramos, Diccionario Básico Totonaco-Español Español-Totonaco (Xalapa, Academia Veracruzana de las Lenguas Indígenas, 2007)

Polish edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Spanish manta.

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manta f

  1. manta ray
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

manta n

  1. inflection of manto:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Further reading edit

  • manta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

From manto.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

manta f (plural mantas)

  1. blanket
  2. manta ray
    Synonym: raia

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately from French manteau, probably through the intermediate of another language.

Noun edit

manta f (plural mantale)

  1. mantle, cloak, wrap

Related terms edit

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From manto.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmanta/ [ˈmãn̪.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -anta
  • Syllabification: man‧ta

Noun edit

manta f (plural mantas)

  1. blanket, cloth, cloth banner
    Synonyms: cobija, colcha, frazada, frisa
  2. poncho
  3. a fish trap shaped like a blanket
  4. (zoology) manta ray
    Synonyms: mantarraya, manta gigante

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Chavacano: manta
  • Cebuano: manta
  • English: manta; manta ray
  • French: manta
  • Ilocano: manta
  • Polish: manta
  • Tagalog: manta

Further reading edit

Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

From Spanish manta.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmanta/, [ˈman.tɐ]
  • Hyphenation: man‧ta

Noun edit

manta (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈ᜔ᜆ)

  1. mantle (clothing)

Further reading edit

  • manta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Yankunytjatjara edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

manta

  1. earth, soil
  2. land

References edit

  • "manta" in Cliff Goddard (1992) Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara to English Dictionary, 2nd edition