mane

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mane"

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: mān, IPA^(key): /meɪn/

• Audio (US):

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• Homophones: main, Maine
• Rhymes: -eɪn

Etymology 1

From Middle English mane, mayne, from Old English manu (“mane”), from Proto-West Germanic *manu, from Proto-Germanic *manō (“mane”), from Proto-Indo-European *mony-, *mon- (“neck”).

Cognate with Dutch maan, manen (“mane”), German Mähne (“mane”), Danish man (“horse's mane”), Swedish man (“horse's mane”), Icelandic mön (“mane”).

Noun

mane (plural manes)

2. Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion.
   • 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, chapter 23, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC:

     Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair, and the Lion shook the dust out of his mane, and the Scarecrow patted himself into his best shape, and the Woodman polished his tin and oiled his joints.

4. Long or thick hair of a person's head.
5. Part of a naval sword between the tang button and the quillon.

Derived terms

• hogmane
• lion's mane
• lion's mane jellyfish
• mane-comb
• maned
• maneless
• manelike
• shaggy mane
• unmaned

Translations

longer hair growth on back of neck of a horse

Albanian: krifë (sq) f Arabic: عُرْف (ar) m (ʕurf) Armenian: բաշ (hy) (baš) Aromanian: coamã f Assamese: কেশাৰ (kexar) Avar: жал (žal) Azerbaijani: yal Bashkir: ял (yal) Belarusian: гры́ва f (hrýva) Bengali: কেশর (bn) (keśor) Bulgarian: гри́ва f (gríva) Burmese: မှင်ဆံ (my) (hmanghcam), လည်ဆံ (my) (lanyhcam) Buryat: дэлһэн (delhen) Catalan: crinera (ca) f, crin (ca) f Chechen: кхес (qes) Chinese: Mandarin: 馬鬃 / 马鬃 (zh) (mǎzōng) Chuvash: ҫилхе (śilh̬e) Czech: hříva (cs) f Danish: manke (da) c, man (da) c Dutch: maan (nl) f Estonian: lakk (et) Faroese: faks n, framfaks n, mon f Finnish: harja (fi) French: crinière (fr) f Galician: crina f, coma (gl) f Georgian: ფაფარი (papari) German: Mähne (de) f Greek: χαίτη (el) f (chaíti) Ancient: λοφιά f (lophiá), χαίτη f (khaítē) Hebrew: רעמה (he) f Hindi: याल (hi) (yāl), केसर (hi) (kesar) Hungarian: sörény (hu) Icelandic: makki (is) m, fax (is) n Indonesian: surai (id) Ingush: кхес (qes) Irish: moing f Italian: criniera (it) f Japanese: 鬣 (ja) (たてがみ, tategami) Kalmyk: дел (del) Kashubian: grzëwa Kazakh: жал (kk) (jal) Khakas: чилін (çilìn) Khmer: សយ (km) (sɑɑy) Korean: 갈기 (ko) (galgi) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: بژ (bij) Kyrgyz: жал (ky) (jal) Lao: ແຜງຄໍ (phǣng khǭ), ແຜງ (phǣng) Latgalian: krēpis Latin: iuba f Latvian: krēpes m Lithuanian: karčiai pl Macedonian: гри́ва f (gríva) Manchu: ᡩᡝᠯᡠᠨ (delun) Maori: makawe (mi), huruhuru kakī Mongolian: дэл (mn) (del), ᠳᠡᠯ (del) Navajo: atsiighaʼ Norwegian: Bokmål: man (no) m Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: грива f (griva) Old East Slavic: грива f (griva) Old Uyghur: 𐽶𐽶𐽶𐾁 (yél, yiél) Persian: یال (yâl), فش (fa) (faš), بش (fa) (boš) Polish: grzywa (pl) f Portuguese: crina (pt) f, coma (pt) f Romanian: coamă (ro) f Russian: гри́ва (ru) f (gríva) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: гри̏ва f Roman: grȉva (sh) f Shor: чал Slovak: hriva f Slovene: griva (sl) f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: griwa f Upper Sorbian: hriwa f Southern Altai: јал (ǰal) Spanish: crin (es) f Swahili: arufu Swedish: man (sv) c Tagalog: kiling Tajik: ёл (yol), фуш (fuš) Tatar: ял (tt) (yal) Tetum: fuuk Thai: สร้อย (th) (sôi), แผงคอ (th) (pɛ̌ɛng kɔɔ) Tibetan: ཟེ (ze) Turkish: yele (tr) Turkmen: ýal Tuvan: чел (çel) Ukrainian: гри́ва f (hrýva) Urdu: یال (ur) (yāl) Uyghur: يال (yal) Uzbek: yol (uz) Vietnamese: bờm (vi) Walloon: caime (wa) f, crinire (wa) f White Hmong: txoob Yakut: сиэл (siel) Yiddish: גריווע f (grive) Yoruba: gọgọ Zazaki: tulık n

longer hair growth around head of male lions

Arabic: لِبْدَة f (libda), عُرْف (ar) m (ʕurf) Belarusian: гры́ва f (hrýva) Bulgarian: гри́ва f (gríva) Catalan: crinera (ca) f, cabellera (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 獅子的鬃毛 / 狮子的鬃毛 (shīzi de zōngmáo), 獅鬣 / 狮鬣 (shī liè) Czech: hříva (cs) f Danish: manke (da) c Dutch: maan (nl) f Esperanto: kolharo Finnish: harja (fi) French: crinière (fr) f Galician: melena f Georgian: ფაფარი (papari) German: Mähne (de) f Greek: χαίτη (el) f (chaíti) Ancient: χαίτη f (khaítē) Hebrew: רעמה (he) f (re'amá) Hungarian: sörény (hu) Indonesian: surai (id) Irish: moing f Italian: criniera (it) f Japanese: 鬣 (ja) (たてがみ, tategami) Latin: iuba f Macedonian: гри́ва f (gríva) Malay: surai Maori: makawe (mi), huruhuru kakī Navajo: atsiighaʼ Norwegian: man (no) m Persian: یال (yâl) Polish: grzywa (pl) f Portuguese: juba (pt) f Romanian: coamă (ro) f Russian: гри́ва (ru) f (gríva) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: гри̏ва f Roman: grȉva (sh) f Slovak: hriva f Slovene: griva (sl) f Spanish: melena (es) f, guedeja (es) f Swedish: man (sv) c Telugu: జూలు (te) (jūlu) Ukrainian: гри́ва f (hrýva) Vietnamese: bờm (vi) Welsh: mwng (cy) Yoruba: gọgọ

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Etymology 2

Dialectal rendering of man, as used in African-American Vernacular English.

Noun

mane

1. (slang, African-American Vernacular) Eye dialect spelling of man.
   • 1995, “I Got 5 on It”, in Operation Stackola, performed by Luniz:

     Ayy, make this right, mane, stop at the light, mane

Anagrams

• -nema, Amen, Eman, Enma, MEAN, MENA, Mena, NAmE, NEMA, NMEA, amen, mean, mnae, name, namé, neam, ñame

Afrikaans

Noun

mane

1. plural of maan

'Are'are

Noun

mane

1. man

References

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَنْع (manʕ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɑːˈne]
• Hyphenation: ma‧ne

• Audio:

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Noun

mane (definite accusative maneni, plural manelər)

1. only used in mane olmaq.

Declension

Declension of mane

	singular	plural
nominative	mane	manelər
definite accusative	maneni	maneləri
dative	maneyə	manelərə
locative	manedə	manelərdə
ablative	manedən	manelərdən
definite genitive	manenin	manelərin

Possessive forms of mane

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	manem	manelərim
sənin (“your”)	manen	manelərin
onun (“his/her/its”)	manesi	maneləri
bizim (“our”)	manemiz	manelərimiz
sizin (“your”)	maneniz	maneləriniz
onların (“their”)	manesi or maneləri	maneləri
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	manemi	manelərimi
sənin (“your”)	maneni	manelərini
onun (“his/her/its”)	manesini	manelərini
bizim (“our”)	manemizi	manelərimizi
sizin (“your”)	manenizi	manelərinizi
onların (“their”)	manesini or manelərini	manelərini
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	manemə	manelərimə
sənin (“your”)	manenə	manelərinə
onun (“his/her/its”)	manesinə	manelərinə
bizim (“our”)	manemizə	manelərimizə
sizin (“your”)	manenizə	manelərinizə
onların (“their”)	manesinə or manelərinə	manelərinə
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	manemdə	manelərimdə
sənin (“your”)	manendə	manelərində
onun (“his/her/its”)	manesində	manelərində
bizim (“our”)	manemizdə	manelərimizdə
sizin (“your”)	manenizdə	manelərinizdə
onların (“their”)	manesində or manelərində	manelərində
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	manemdən	manelərimdən
sənin (“your”)	manendən	manelərindən
onun (“his/her/its”)	manesindən	manelərindən
bizim (“our”)	manemizdən	manelərimizdən
sizin (“your”)	manenizdən	manelərinizdən
onların (“their”)	manesindən or manelərindən	manelərindən
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	manemin	manelərimin
sənin (“your”)	manenin	manelərinin
onun (“his/her/its”)	manesinin	manelərinin
bizim (“our”)	manemizin	manelərimizin
sizin (“your”)	manenizin	manelərinizin
onların (“their”)	manesinin or manelərinin	manelərinin

Related terms

• maneçilik

Related terms

• maneə

Further reading

• “mane” in Obastan.com.

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German manen (“to remind”), from Old Saxon manōn, from Proto-Germanic *manōną, cognate with German mahnen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːnə/, [ˈmæːnə]

Verb

mane (imperative man, infinitive at mane, present tense maner, past tense manede, perfect tense har manet)

1. to admonish, urge
2. to lay, exorcise
3. to conjure

Conjugation

Conjugation of mane

active passive present maner manes past manede manedes infinitive mane manes imperative man — participle present manende past manet (auxiliary verb have) gerund manen

Synonyms

• (admonish): formane
• (conjure): fremmane, besværge

Further reading

• “mane” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “mane” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

mane

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of manen

Anagrams

• amen, name

Eastern Arrernte

Etymology

Borrowed from English money.

Noun

mane

1. alternative form of apwerte

References

“mane” in IAD Press Arrernte Dictionary, 2003.

Esperanto

Etymology

mano (“hand”) +‎ -e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmane/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ane
• Hyphenation: ma‧ne

Adverb

mane

1. by hand

Gilbertese

Noun

mane

1. man

References

• Kiribati-English Dictionary

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *monē.

Pronunciation

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Noun

maṇe

1. egg

Inflection

Even e-stem, ṇ-n gradation
Nominative	maṇe
Genitive	mane
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	maṇe	maneh
Accusative	mane	moonijd
Genitive	mane	monij moonij
Illative	maṇan	moonijd
Locative	maaneest	moonijn
Comitative	moonijn	monijguin
Abessive	manettáá	monijttáá
Essive	manneen
Partitive	manneed
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person — — — 2nd person — — — 3rd person — — —

Further reading

• mane in Marja-Liisa Olthuis, Taarna Valtonen, Miina Seurujärvi and Trond Trosterud (2015–2022), Nettidigisäänih Anarâškiela-suomakielâ-anarâškielâ sänikirje‎, Tromsø: UiT

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin māne (“morning”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ne/
• Rhymes: -ane
• Hyphenation: mà‧ne

Noun

mane f (invariable)

1. (archaic, poetic, literary) morning

Anagrams

• amen, mena

Japanese

Romanization

mane

1. Rōmaji transcription of まね