manco

Meaning

mancar

(intransitive) to limp (to walk lamely, as if favouring one leg)
(rare, transitive) to lame (to cause someone to be lame)
(Brazil, pronominal, slang) to make oneself scarce; to leave
(dated, intransitive, slang) to miss (to fail to attend)
(Brazil, colloquial, pronominal) to notice one's own actions as appropriate or not; to read the room.

κουτσός

أَعْرَج

χωλός

catax

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɐ̃.ku/

Inherited from Latin

mancus

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese manco, from Latin mancus (“maimed”), from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂n-ko- (“maimed in the hand”), from *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én- (“hand”).

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