manuś

See also: manus, Manus, manuš, mánus, and mánuš

Romani

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲 (maṇussa), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀫𑀦𑀼𑀰 (manuśa), 𑀫𑀦𑀼𑀲 (manusa), 𑀫𑀦𑀼𑀱 (manuṣa), from Sanskrit मनुष्य (manuṣya), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *manuṣyás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *manušyás, from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“man”).

Noun

manuś m anim (accusative manuśes, nominative plural manuśa, accusative plural manuśen)

  1. (International Standard) man (human)[1][2][3]
    Me dikhav jekh manuśes p-o drom.
    I see a person on the street.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Angloromani: mannush
  • Balkan Romani: manuš
  • Baltic Romani: manuš
  • Carpathian Romani: manuš
  • Sinte Romani: manuš
  • Vlax Romani: manuš
  • Welsh Romani: manuš
  • → French: manouche
  • → Hungarian: manus

References
  1. Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “manúš”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 175b-176a
  2. Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o manuś, -es m. -a, -en”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 235a
  3. Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “manuś, ~a”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 152a
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