manita

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish manita (“little hand”), feminine-form diminutive of mano (“hand”), because the small red flowers of the tree resemble five-fingered human hands. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /məˈniːtə/ === Noun === manita (plural manitas) (rare) The tree Chiranthodendron pentadactylon, or the red, hand-like flower this tree produces. 1829 October 3, in the Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette, number 321, page 112: Tradition states, that though the Indians did not actually worship the manita tree, yet they regarded the flower with a sort of religious veneration. circa 1846, Traveling Sketches, from a work by Waddy Thompson, republished in the Rural Repository (1846 July 18), volume 22, number 23, page 181: […] with high walls on every side but open at the top and certainly not exceeding 80 feet square, and this is the botanic garden of the palace of Mexico; a few shrubs and plants and the celebrated manita tree, are all that it contains. ==== Synonyms ==== Devil's hand tree, devil's hand tree; Mexican hand tree; handflower, handflower tree; macpalxochitl ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Maniat, Mantia, animat, manati == Cebuano == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧ta === Noun === manita the female participant of a manito manita == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /maˈnita/ [maˈni.t̪a] Rhymes: -ita Syllabification: ma‧ni‧ta === Etymology 1 === From mano +‎ -ita. Football sense from the five fingers representing the five scored goals. ==== Noun ==== manita f (plural manitas) diminutive of mano (“hand”) Synonym: manito (soccer) wave (to show the hand wide open to the rival public) to indicate that the match was won 5-0 or 0-5 ===== Derived terms ===== hacer manitas (touching and carressing each other's hands) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== manita f (plural manitas) diminutive of mana (“sis”): female equivalent of manito (“bro”) === Further reading === “manita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Turkish == === Etymology === First used in 1882, as Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (mantinota, “mistress”), from Italian mantenuta (“kept woman”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /maˈni.ta/ Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧ta === Noun === manita (definite accusative manitayı, plural manitalar) girlfriend, chick lover (unisex) Synonym: sevgili ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “manita”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu