mangi

mangi

1. inflection of mangiare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

• magni, minga

• mouogi (Normandy)
• mãdji (Sark)
• mangier (Guernsey)

From Old French mangier, from Late Latin mandūcāre, present active infinitive of manducō (“I chew, masticate, gnaw; I eat, devour”).

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mangi (gerund mang'gie)

1. (Jersey) to eat

• mangeux (“eater”)

mangi

1. Alternative form of mengi; Ma class inflected form of -ingi.
   • 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi‎, stanza 13:

     هُنُ اُلِمِغُ بَحَرِ تِيْسِ ، اُنَ مَتُبَوِ نَمَغِ مَاسِ،

     Hunu ulimwengu baḥari tesi, una matumbawe na-mangi masi,

     This world is a troubled sea, it has corals and much wickedness;

mangi

1. Alternative form of manki