manta

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

English

Etymology

From Spanish manta (blanket).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmæn.tə/
  • (file)

Noun

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

Anagrams

Asturian

Noun

manta f (plural mantes)

  1. blanket

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

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

Conjunction

mantâ (Basahan spelling ᜋᜈ᜔ᜆ)

  1. (formal) while/whilst

Derived terms

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Compare Spanish manta.

Noun

manta f (plural mantes)

  1. blanket
  2. manta ray

Adjective

manta

  1. feminine singular of mant

Further reading

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

Cebuano

Etymology

From English manta ray, from Spanish manta.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: man‧ta

Noun

manta

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

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish manta (blanket).

Noun

manta

  1. blanket

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmanta̝/

Noun

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

References

  • 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

Etymology

From Spanish manta.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

manta

  1. blanket

Latvian

Noun

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

Derived terms

Malagasy

Etymology

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

Adjective

manta

  1. raw (uncooked)

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit मन्त्र (mantra).

Noun

manta n

  1. charm, spell, incantation

Declension

Papantla Totonac

Noun

manta inan

  1. sweet potato

References

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

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈman.ta/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -anta
  • Syllabification: man‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish manta.

Noun

manta f

  1. manta ray
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

manta n

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

Further reading

  • manta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From manto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɐ̃.tɐ/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɐ
  • Hyphenation: man‧ta

Noun

manta f (plural mantas)

  1. blanket
  2. manta ray
    Synonym: raia

Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

manta f (plural mantale)

  1. mantle, cloak, wrap

Spanish

Etymology

From manto.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Descendants

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

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish manta.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

manta (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈ᜔ᜆ)

  1. mantle (clothing)

Further reading

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

Yankunytjatjara

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmanta/

Noun

manta

  1. earth, soil
  2. land

References

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