manus

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (declension-4, feminine) hand
2. (declension-4, feminine, figuratively) bravery, valor
3. (declension-4, feminine, figuratively) violence, fighting
4. (declension-4, feminine, metonymically) handwriting
5. (declension-4, feminine) a side, part, faction
6. (declension-4, feminine) a stake (in dice)
7. (declension-4, feminine) a thrust with a sword
8. (declension-4, feminine) paw of an animal
9. (declension-4, feminine) trunk of an elephant
10. (declension-4, feminine) branch of a tree
11. (declension-4, feminine) grappling hooks used to snare enemy vessels
12. (declension-4, feminine) company, host, multitude of people, especially of soldiers
13. (declension-4, feminine) a group, band, or body of people
14. (declension-4, feminine) labor
15. (declension-4, feminine) power, might
16. (declension-4, feminine) legal power of a man over his wife
17. (declension-4, feminine) an arrest

Adj

good

Concepts

main

✋

bras

ma*

Synonymes

brachium

Traductions

hand

✋

Hand

✋

mano

✋

hand

mano

✋

mão

✋

mà

✋

el

✋

χέρι

dest

✋

يد

man

arm

Prononcé comme (IPA)

[ˈma.nʊs]

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Proto-Italic *manus, further etymology is disputed. Possible cognates include Proto-Germanic *mundō (> Old English mund (“hand, hand of protection, protector”), whence modern English mound), Ancient Greek μάρη (márē, “hand”) (a hapax legomenon of dubious authenticity) and Hittite [script needed] (manii̯aḫḫ-ⁱ, “to distribute, entrust”).
Proposals for further etymology include:
* a Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én-, from *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon, signal”), favoured by Mallory and D. Q. Adams
* a Proto-Indo-European *mon-u-, with a later change from mo- to ma- in an open syllable, possibly connected to Old Irish muin (“protection”) too, favoured by Schrijver and De Vaan (although De Vaan finds the Irish term semantically difficult).