manha
See also: manhã
Nheengatu
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From Old Tupi mãîa, from Portuguese mãe + Old Tupi -a.
Noun
editmanha (plural manha-itá)
- mother (female parent)
- (folklore) name given to supernatural beings seen as ancestors and patrons of a landform or a plant or animal species
- 1890 [1872–1887], “Uaçá piracaçara irimaué ara [Uaçá, the ancient fisher]”, in João Barbosa Rodrigues, compiler, Poranduba Amazonense ou Kochiyma-uara Porandub, Rio de Janeiro: Typ. de G. Leuzinger & Filhos, page 270:
- Uaçá piracaçara irimaué ara u pinaitica i piná i iupicyca yurará manha arucanga opé, u munéu i py i iupicyca yurará manha cupepe i py etá.
- The ancient fisher Uaçá, while fishing, got his hook stuck in the ribs of the Turtle’s Mother; he put his feet and got both stuck on the Turtle’s Mother’s back.
Related terms
editReferences
edit- Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “manha”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, , pages 447–448
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese manna, from Vulgar Latin *mania (“manual skill”), from Latin manus (“hand”).
Cognate with Galician and Spanish maña.
Pronunciation
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Noun
editmanha f (plural manhas)
- act (a display of behaviour meant to deceive)
- artfulness, slyness
- cunning, stratagem
- custom, habit
- dexterity, handiness, skill
- Synonym: jeito
- Pegar a manha de algo. ― To get the hang of something.
- (Brazil, informal) tantrum (of kids)
- Synonym: tolice
- A criança está fazendo manha de novo. ― The kid is throwing a tantrum again.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “manha”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “manha”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
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