# manta
## English
### Etymology

From Spanish manta (“blanket”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmæn.tə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

manta (plural mantas)
* A kind of fabric or blanket used in Latin America and southwestern United States.
* Ellipsis of manta ray.

#### Derived terms

* Alfred manta (Mobula alfredi)
* giant manta (Mobula birostris)

### Anagrams

* Tamna, atman, manat

## Asturian
### Noun

manta f (plural mantes)
* blanket

## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /manˈtaʔ/ [man̪ˈtaʔ]
* Hyphenation: man‧ta

### Conjunction

mantâ (Basahan spelling ᜋᜈ᜔ᜆ)
* (formal) while/whilst

#### Derived terms

* mantang

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈman.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈman.ta]

### Etymology 1

Compare Spanish manta.

#### Noun

manta f (plural mantes)
* blanket
* manta ray

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

manta
* feminine singular of mant

### Further reading

* “manta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From English manta ray, from Spanish manta.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: man‧ta

### Noun

manta
* a manta ray; any of several very large pelagic rays of the genus Manta

## Chavacano
### Etymology

From Spanish manta (“blanket”).

### Noun

manta
* blanket

## Galician
### Etymology

Attested from the 11th century in local Medieval Latin documents. From manto.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmanta̝/

### Noun

manta f (plural mantas)
* blanket
    Synonym: cobertor
** 1327, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 79:e proueam á dita albergaría de leytos e de feltros et mantas e de cubertas e manteñan y hun ome e hua moller que aguarde a roupa e faça os leytos aos doentes e os caldos quando lles conpryrand they should provide that hospital with beds and felts and blankets and covers, and they should keep there a man and a woman who should guard the clothes and make the beds of the sick and the hot soup when they would need it
* runner stone (upper millstone)
* fry shoal

#### Derived terms

* a manta

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “manta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “manta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “manta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “manta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “manto”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Ilocano
### Etymology

From Spanish manta.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: man‧ta
* IPA: /ˈmanta/

### Noun

manta
* blanket

## Latvian
### Noun

manta f (4th declension)
* property
    valsts manta ― state, public property
    mantas nodoklis ― property tax
    mantas konfiskācija ― confiscation of property
    personiskā manta ― personal property
    novēlēt savu mantu bērniem ― bequeath his property to (his) children
* wealth, riches
    viņš izšķiedies svešu mantu ― he is wasting someone else's wealth
    atrast apslēptu mantu ― to find the hidden treasure
* things, objects
    vecu mantu uzpircējs ― old things dealer

#### Derived terms

* mantība
* mantīgs, mantīgums
* nemantīgs

## Malagasy
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mətaq, compare Indonesian mentah, Maori mata.

### Adjective

manta
* raw (uncooked)

## North Moluccan Malay
### Etymology

From Malay mentah.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈman.ta/
* Hyphenation: man‧ta

### Noun

manta
* raw; unripe
    ikang mantaraw fish

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀫𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
* मन्त (Devanagari script)
* মন্ত (Bengali script)
* මන‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
* မန္တ or မၼ္တ or မၼ်တ (Burmese script)
* มนฺต or มันตะ (Thai script)
* ᨾᨶ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
* ມນ຺ຕ or ມັນຕະ (Lao script)
* មន្ត (Khmer script)
* 𑄟𑄚𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

### Etymology

From Sanskrit मन्त्र (mantra).

### Noun

manta n
* charm, spell, incantation

#### Declension
## Papantla Totonac
### Noun

manta inan
* sweet potato

### References

* Crescencio García Ramos, Diccionario Básico Totonaco-Español Español-Totonaco (Xalapa, Academia Veracruzana de las Lenguas Indígenas, 2007)

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈman.ta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -anta
* Syllabification: man‧ta

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish manta.

#### Noun

manta f
* manta ray

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

manta n
* inflection of manto:
** genitive singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative plural

### Further reading

* manta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From manto.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɐ̃.tɐ/
* Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɐ
* Hyphenation: man‧ta

### Noun

manta f (plural mantas)
* blanket
* manta ray
    Synonym: raia

## Romanian
### Etymology

Ultimately from French manteau, probably through the intermediate of another language.

### Noun

manta f (plural mantale)
* mantle, cloak, wrap

#### Related terms

* mantie, mantă

## Spanish
### Etymology

From manto.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmanta/ [ˈmãn̪.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -anta
* Syllabification: man‧ta

### Noun

manta f (plural mantas)
* blanket, cloth, cloth banner
    Synonyms: cobija, colcha, frazada, frisa
* poncho
* a fish trap shaped like a blanket
* (ichthyology) manta ray
    Synonyms: mantarraya, manta gigante

#### Derived terms

* a manta
* echarse la manta
* manta gigante
* mantilla
* pulpo manta
* tirar de la manta

#### Descendants

* Chavacano: manta
* → Cebuano: manta
* → English: manta; manta ray
* → French: manta
* → Ilocano: manta
* → Polish: manta
* → Tagalog: manta

### Further reading

* “manta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish manta.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈmanta/ [ˈman̪.t̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -anta
* Syllabification: man‧ta

### Noun

manta (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈ᜔ᜆ)
* mantle (clothing)

### Further reading

* “manta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Yankunytjatjara
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmanta/

### Noun

manta
* earth, soil
* land

### References

* "manta" in Cliff Goddard (1992) Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara to English Dictionary, 2nd edition