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English

Etymology

Spanish manta (“blanket”)

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

• Alfred manta (Mobula alfredi)
• giant manta (Mobula birostris)

Anagrams

• Tamna, atman, manat

Asturian

Noun

manta f (plural mantes)

1. blanket

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?man.t?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?man.ta/

Etymology 1

Compare Spanish manta.

Noun

manta f (plural mantes)

1. blanket
2. manta ray

Etymology 2

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?manta?/

Noun

manta f (plural mantas)

1. blanket
   • 1327, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), 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 terms

• a manta

References

• “manta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “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.

Ilocano

Etymology

From Spanish manta.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: man?ta
• IPA^(key): /?manta/

Noun

manta

1. blanket

Latvian

Noun

manta f (4th declension)

1. property

2. wealth, riches

3. things, objects

Declension

Derived terms

• mant?ba
• mant?gs, mant?gums
• nemant?gs

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *m?taq, compare Indonesian mentah, Maori mata.

Adjective

manta

1. raw (uncooked)

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Sanskrit ?????? (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): /?man.ta/

Etymology 1

From Spanish manta.

Noun

manta f

1. manta ray

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

manta n

1. genitive singular of manto
2. nominative plural of manto
3. accusative plural of manto
4. vocative plural of manto

Further reading

• manta in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• manta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From manto.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?m??.t?/
• Hyphenation: man?ta

Noun

manta f (plural mantas)

1. blanket

Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

manta f (plural mantale)

1. mantle, cloak, wrap

Related terms

• mantie, mant?

Spanish

Etymology

From manto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?manta/, [?mãn?.t?a]

Noun

manta f (plural mantas)

1. blanket, cloth, cloth banner

   Synonyms: cobija, colcha, frazada

2. poncho
3. a fish trap shaped like a blanket
4. (zoology) manta ray

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Yankunytjatjara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?manta/

Noun

manta

1. earth, soil
2. land

References

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

English

Etymology

From Japanese [Term?].

Noun

matta

1. (sumo) The false start of a bout due to mutual misunderstanding.

Finnish

Adjective

matta

1. matte

Declension

Compounds

• mattamaali
• mattapintainen
• mattaväri

Anagrams

• matat

French

Verb

matta

1. third-person singular past historic of matter

Anagrams

• matât

Garo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

matta

1. digging stick

Italian

Adjective

matta f

1. feminine singular of matto

Noun

matta f (plural matte)

1. madwoman; female equivalent of matto
2. (card games) joker

See also

Latin

Etymology 1

From Punic or Phoenician (compare Hebrew ???? \ ??????? (mitá, “bed, couch”), English mattress).

Alternative forms

• natta (Medieval Latin corruption)

Noun

matta f (genitive mattae); first declension

1. A mat made of rushes

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

Etymology 2

Adjective

matta

1. nominative feminine singular of mattus
2. nominative neuter plural of mattus
3. accusative neuter plural of mattus
4. vocative feminine singular of mattus
5. vocative neuter plural of mattus

Adjective

matt?

1. ablative feminine singular of mattus

References

• matta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• matta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• matten

Noun

matta m or f

1. definite feminine singular of matte (Etymology 1)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

matta f

1. definite singular of matte (Etymology 1)

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

The formation of the participle goes back to Sanskrit ???? (matta) and beyond.

Adjective

matta

1. past participle of majjati (“intoxicated”)
2. intoxicated
3. exultant

Declension

Portuguese

Noun

matta f (plural mattas)

1. Obsolete spelling of mata

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish matta, from Middle Low German matte, from Latin matta, probably from Punic or Phoenician.

Noun

matta c

1. a carpet, rug
2. a carpet; fabric used as a floor covering
3. a mat; a flat piece of coarse material for wiping one's feet
4. a mat; a floor pad to protect athletes

Declension

Compounds

• dörrmatta
• gräsmatta
• heltäckningsmatta
• korkmatta
• linoleummatta
• mattläggare
• ryamatta
• trasmatta

Etymology 2

matt +? -a

Adjective

matta

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of matt.

Verb

matta (present mattar, preterite mattade, supine mattat, imperative matta)

1. to exhaust (somebody)
2. (chess) to checkmate

Conjugation

References

• matta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• matta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• matat