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

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Spanish manta (blanket).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmæn.tə/
  • (file)

NounEdit

manta (plural mantas)

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

Derived termsEdit

AnagramsEdit

AsturianEdit

NounEdit

manta f (plural mantes)

  1. blanket

Bikol CentralEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

ConjunctionEdit

mantâ

  1. (formal) while/whilst

Derived termsEdit

CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Compare Spanish manta.

NounEdit

manta f (plural mantes)

  1. blanket
  2. manta ray

Etymology 2Edit

AdjectiveEdit

manta

  1. feminine singular of mant

Further readingEdit

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

CebuanoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English manta ray, from Spanish manta.

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: man‧ta

NounEdit

manta

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

ChavacanoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Spanish manta (blanket).

NounEdit

manta

  1. blanket

GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

manta f (plural mantas)

  1. blanket
    • 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
    Synonym: cobertor
  2. runner stone (upper millstone)
  3. fry shoal

Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • 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

IlocanoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Spanish manta.

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

manta

  1. blanket

LatvianEdit

NounEdit

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

DeclensionEdit

Derived termsEdit

MalagasyEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

manta

  1. raw (uncooked)

PaliEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Sanskrit मन्त्र (mantra).

NounEdit

manta n

  1. charm, spell, incantation

DeclensionEdit

Papantla TotonacEdit

NounEdit

manta inan

  1. sweet potato

ReferencesEdit

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

PolishEdit

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Spanish manta.

NounEdit

manta f

  1. manta ray
DeclensionEdit

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

NounEdit

manta n

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

Further readingEdit

  • manta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • manta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From manto.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

manta f (plural mantas)

  1. blanket
  2. manta ray
    Synonym: raia

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

manta f (plural mantale)

  1. mantle, cloak, wrap

Related termsEdit

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From manto.

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

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 termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

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

Further readingEdit

TagalogEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Spanish manta.

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

manta

  1. mantle (clothing)

Further readingEdit

YankunytjatjaraEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

manta

  1. earth, soil
  2. land

ReferencesEdit

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