mangù a brainless, dull, stupid. Mangù ka man kahà kay dì ka man kasabut, You must be brainless because you don’t understand. v [B23; b6] be, become stupid.
Mangyan n non-Christian natives of Mindoro.
manhak n k.o. bird.
mani n peanuts. — sa kasuy a the edible nuts of the cashew. manimani 1 k.o. creeping herb similar to purslane (ulasíman) in appearance, used as pig feed. 2 k.o. balat found a few inches beneath the sand along the shore. It roughly resembles a peanut.
*máni n dinuwin, gud — during World War II, the name given to the prewar money as opposed to the Japanese kurà and the imirdyinsi máni. girilya — money issued by the guerilla authorities during the war. imirdyinsi — the emergency money issued after the outbreak of hostilities and prior to the Japanese occupation. — urdir money order.
manibila = [manubíla].
mánids v [A] manage a business. -ir(→) manager. -ir(→) hiniral n general manager. n manager of a business or boxer. v [AB156] be, become manager.
maníhu v [A; a2] 1 drive a motor vehicle. Ambi, aku lay mumaníhu sa dyíp, Let me drive the jeep. 2 operate or manipulate a contraption. Makamaníhu man nà siyag dagkung makina, He can operate big machines. 3 manage to make s.t. operate. Manihúa ra ring pawuntin pin ug makahímù ka bag paági, Try fooling around with this fountain pen and see if you can make it write. 3a see to it that s.t. gets done. Aku lay mumaníhu arun magmalampúsun ang átung prugráma, I’ll see to it that our program is successful. 3b manage to do s.t. in a roundabout or underhanded way, where the usual methods won’t work. Makamaníhu ka ba pagpasulud nákù sa trabáhu? Can you manage to get me into the job? 3c do s.t. surreptitiously or secretly. Lingawun ku ang tindíra manihúa pud ang káha, While I keep the store clerk busy, you take care of the cash register.
maniit n k.o. edible, small crab of shallow waters with a thick shell and strong pincers. a quarrelsome, esp. said of women.
manikin n mannequin.