manatee

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• UK: mănʹə-tēˊ
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• UK: /ˈmæn.əˌtiː/
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• CMU ARPABET: M AE1 N AH0 T IY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Spanish manatí, from a Cariban-language term meaning ‘breast’, ultimately from Proto-Cariban *manatɨ; compare Kari'na manaty, Trió manatï, Apalaí manaty, Akawaio manatï, Pemon manatü, Macushi manatî.

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• Afrikaans: lamantyn — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Afrikaans: manatee — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Albanian: lopë deti — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Albanian: lamantina — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Arabic: خَرُوف البَحْر (ḵarūf al-baḥr) — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Armenian: լամանտին (lamantin) — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Asturian: manatí — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Azerbaijani: lamantin — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Bambara: maa — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Basque: manati — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Belarusian: ламанцін (lamancin) — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Breton: ejen-mor — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Bulgarian: морска крава (morska krava) — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Catalan: manatí — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Cherokee: ᎹᎾᏘ (manati) — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Chinese Cantonese: 海牛 (hoi2 ngau4) — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Chinese: 海牛 (hái-gû) — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Chinese Mandarin: 海牛 (hǎiniú) — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Czech: kapustňák — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Danish: søko — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Danish: manat — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Dutch: zeekoe — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Dutch: lamantijn — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Esperanto: manato — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Estonian: lamantiin — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Faroese: sjókúgv — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Finnish: manaatti — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• French: lamantin — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• West-Frisian: lamantinen — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Galician: manatí — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• German: Rundschwanzseekuh — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• German: Manati — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• German: Manati — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Greek: μανάτος (manátos) — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Hausa: àyū — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Hawaiian: lākamikini — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Hebrew: תַּחַשׁ נְהָרוֹת (tákhash neharót) — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Hindi: मैनाटी (maināṭī) — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Hungarian: lamantin — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Hungarian: manátusz — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Hungarian: tengeritehén — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Icelandic: sækýr — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Ido: lamantino — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Indonesian: lembu laut — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Irish: bó mhara — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Italian: lamantino — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Italian: manato — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Japanese: マナティー (manatī) — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Kari'na: jarawa — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Kazakh: ламантин (lamantin) — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Korean: 매너티 (maeneoti) — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Latin: manatus — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Latin: bōs marīna — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Latin: trichechus — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Latvian: lamantīns — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Latvian: manati — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Limburgish: zieëków — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Lithuanian: lamantinas — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Luxembourgish: Ronnschwanzséikou — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Luxembourgish: Manati — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Macedonian: ламантин (lamantin) — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Malay: manati — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Malay: lembu laut — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Maltese: lamantin — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Manx: booa varrey — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Myene: màŋgà — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Nahuatl: tlacamichin — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Classical Nahuatl: tlacamichin — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Neapolitan: lamantino — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Norwegian Bokmål: manat — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Norwegian Nynorsk: manat — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Pirahã: pigáagi — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Polish: manat — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Portuguese: peixe-boi — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Portuguese: manati — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Portuguese: manatim — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Quechua: manati — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Romanian: lamantin — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Russian: ламанти́н (lamantín) — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Russian: морска́я коро́ва (morskája koróva) — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Koyraboro-Senni: ayu — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Serbo-Croatian: лама̀нтӣн — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Serbo-Croatian: lamàntīn — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Sicilian: lamantinu — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Sicilian: manatì — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Slovak: lamantín — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Slovene: lamantin — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Spanish: manatí — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Spanish: pez mujer — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Spanish: manato — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Swahili: manatii — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Swedish: sjöko — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Swedish: manat — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Tagalog: manati — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Tamil: கடற்பசு (kaṭaṟpacu) — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Tatar: lamantin — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Thai: แมนนาที (mɛɛn-naa-tîi) — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Turkish: denizayısı — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Turkish: manati — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Ukrainian: ламантин (lamantyn) — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Vietnamese: lợn biển — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Welsh: morfuwch — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Welsh: manatî — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Wolof: leraw — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae
• Yiddish: ים־קו (yam-ku) — any of several plant-eating marine mammals, of family Trichechidae