mantiyának n supernatural being which preys on newborn infants. It drinks the blood from childbirth and tries to get at the newborn baby’s liver. If the baby dies, he drinks the mother’s milk without her knowledge and kills her thereby. It is pictured the size of a baby, with horns and fangs, with long pointed ears, dirty brown in color and angular in features. It has the ability to walk, change its appearance, and make itself invisible.
mantsa = [mansa].
mantsinítas = [mansanítas].
mantsúsu a easily soiled or stained. Mantsúsu kaáyu ang putì nga bistídu, White clothing gets soiled easily. v [A3P; b6] be, become easily soiled.
mánu1 v [AC2; a] in ball games, play off one with another to determine who plays first or whose play it is. Átung manúhun ug kinsay mayur, I’ll play it off with you to see who starts the game. n act of determining the order of who plays first. manuhan n a line from which s.t. is tossed to determine who is first.
mánu2 n title of address for a male older than the speaker. v [A; a12] call s.o. mánu.
mánu3 n hand of dried tobacco leaves containing 100 leaves. v [A; a12] bind tobacco leaves into hands.
mánu4 = [ngánu].
*mánu5 see [dimánu], armas di-, bula di-, buyna —, sigunda —. manumánu v [AC2; c1] do s.t. by human strength, hands alone. Manumanúhun (imanumánu) lang ni nátug bira ang awtu, Let’s just push this car by hand. n fight with the hands. †
manúbig (from túbig) n k.o. crab of swamps and rivers lighter in color than the kágang.