manilla

See also: Manila and manila

English

Etymology 1

From Spanish manilla (“bracelet”), from Catalan manilla (“bracelet, armring”); partly from Latin monīle (“a necklace, collar”), from Proto-Indo-European *mony- (“withers, crest, mane”); and partly from Frankish *mānili (“moon-shaped ornament”), from *māno (“moon”), from Proto-Germanic *mēnô (“moon”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), related to Old High German mânili (“moon-shaped ornament”). More at mane, moon.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪlə

Noun

manilla (plural manillas)

1. A penannular armlet, mostly in bronze, copper or gold, which served as a form of money or barter coinage amongst certain West African peoples.

Alternative forms

• manilio

Etymology 2

Adjective

manilla (not comparable)

1. Alternative spelling of manila (“made of or colored like manila paper”)

Noun

manilla (countable and uncountable, plural manillas)

1. Alternative spelling of manila

Anagrams

• Alnilam, animall, laminal

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin manīcula, diminutive of manus (“hand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈni.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [maˈni.ʎa]

Noun

manilla f (plural manilles)

1. bracelet
2. (usually in the plural) handcuff

Further reading

• “manilla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “manilla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Finnish

Noun

manilla

1. adessive singular of mani

Spanish

Etymology

From mano +‎ -illa, or more likely borrowed from Catalan manilla, itself either the same kind of construction or from Vulgar Latin *manicla < Latin manicula, whence the inherited Spanish manija. Compare English manacle.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /maˈniʝa/ [maˈni.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /maˈniʝa/ [maˈni.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /maˈniʎa/ [maˈni.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maˈniʃa/ [maˈni.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maˈniʒa/ [maˈni.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝa
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎa
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃa
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: ma‧ni‧lla

Noun

manilla f (plural manillas)

1. handle

   Synonym: manivela

2. hand (of a clock)

   Synonym: manecilla

   • 1974, José Luis Perales (lyrics and music), “Porque te vas”, performed by Jeanette:

     Junto a las manillas de un reloj esperarán / Todas las horas que quedaron por vivir, esperarán

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. (Spain) door handle

   Synonym: tirador

4. (Colombia) bracelet

   Synonyms: ajorca, brazalete, pulsera, armilla (obsolete)

Derived terms

• enmanillar

 

Related terms

• manillar

 

Further reading

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