manira

Balinese

Romanization

manira

1. Romanization of ᬫᬦᬶᬭ

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay manira, from Javanese ꦩꦤꦶꦫ (manira, “first person pronoun”), from Old Javanese manira (“first person pronoun”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ˈni.ra/
• Rhymes: -ra
• Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧ra

Pronoun

manira

1. (archaic) I (first personal pronoun)

   Synonyms: aku, saya

Alternative forms

• menira

Further reading

• “manira” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

manira

1. Romanization of ꦩꦤꦶꦫ

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦩꦤꦶꦫ (manira, “first person pronoun”).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /manirə/
• (Bahasa Baku) IPA^(key): /manira/
• Rhymes: -irə, -rə, -ə
• Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧ra

Pronoun

manira (Jawi spelling منيرا)

1. (possibly obsolete) I (me, my)
2. (possibly obsolete) we (us, our)

Descendants

• Indonesian: manira

See also

• aku
• saya
• kita

Further reading

• “manira” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Malay personal pronouns
		singular	plural
1st person	standard	saya／ساي aku／اکو, ku-／كو- (informal/towards God) -ku／-كو (informal possessive) hamba／همبا (dated)	kami／کامي (exclusive) kita orang／كيت اورڠ (informal exclusive) kita／کيت (inclusive)
	royal	beta／بيتا
2nd person	standard	kamu／کامو anda／اندا (formal)
		engkau／اڠکاو, kau-／كاو- (informal/towards God) awak／اوق (friendly/older towards younger) -mu／-مو (possessive)	awak semua／اوق سموا kamu semua／كامو سموا kalian／کالين (informal) kau orang／كاو اورڠ (informal)
	royal	tuanku／توانكو
3rd person	standard	dia／دي ia／اي beliau／بلياو (honorific) -nya／-ڽ (possessive)	mereka／مريک dia orang／دي اورڠ (informal)
	royal	baginda／بݢيندا

Old Javanese

Etymology

sira (“third person personal pronoun”) +‎ (m)aN-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ni.ra/

Pronoun

manira

1. I (first personal pronoun)

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦩꦤꦶꦫ (manira)
  • → Malay: manira
    • Indonesian: manira
• → Balinese: ᬫᬦᬶᬭ (manira)

Further reading

• P. J. Zoetmulder (1982) Old Javanese-English dictionary‎^[1], 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, →ISBN, →OCLC

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• mànīr

Etymology

From German Manier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manǐːra/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧ra

Noun

maníra f (Cyrillic spelling мани́ра)

1. a manner
2. etiquette

Declension

Declension of manira

	singular	plural
nominative	manira	manire
genitive	manire	manira
dative	maniri	manirama
accusative	maniru	manire
vocative	maniro	manire
locative	maniri	manirama
instrumental	manirom	manirama