manta

Etymology

Spanish manta (“blanket”)

Noun

manta (plural mantas)

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

Anagrams

• atman, manat

Noun

manta f (plural mantes)

1. blanket

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈman.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈman.ta/

Noun

manta f (plural mantes)

1. blanket
2. manta ray

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

Etymology

From Spanish manta (“blanket”).

Noun

manta

1. blanket

Noun

manta f (4th declension)

1. property

   valsts manta ― state, public property

   mantas nodoklis ― property tax

   mantas konfiskācija ― confiscation of property

   personiskā manta ― personal property

   novēlēt savu mantu bērniem ― bequeath his property to (his) children

2. wealth, riches

   viņš izšķiedies svešu mantu ― he is wasting someone else's wealth

   atrast apslēptu mantu ― to find the hidden treasure

3. things, objects

   vecu mantu uzpircējs ― old things dealer

Etymology

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

Adjective

manta

1. raw (uncooked)

Alternative forms

Noun

manta n

1. charm, spell, incantation

Etymology

From manto.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.tɐ/
• Hyphenation: man‧ta

Noun

manta f (plural mantas)

1. blanket

Etymology

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

Noun

manta f (plural mantale)

1. mantle, cloak, wrap

Etymology

See manto

Noun

manta f (plural mantas)

1. blanket, cloth, cloth banner
2. poncho
3. a fish trap shaped like a blanket
4. manta ray

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanta/

Noun

manta

1. earth, soil
2. land

References

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