manira

Balinese

Etymology

From Old Javanese manira.

Pronoun

manira (Balinese script ᬫᬦᬶᬭ)

1. I (for a king when speaking to his people)

References

• “manira”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali]

Javanese

Romanization

manira

1. romanization of ꦩꦤꦶꦫ

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /maˈnirə/ [maˈni.rə]
  • Rhymes: -irə
• (Baku) IPA^(key): /maˈnira/ [maˈni.ra]
  • Rhymes: -ira
• Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧ra

Pronoun

manira (Jawi spelling منيرا)

1. (Classical Malay) I (me, my)
2. (Classical Malay) we (us, our)

See also

• aku
• saya
• kita

Further reading

• "manira" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Malay personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person	standard	saya / ساي aku / اکو, ku- / كوـ (informal/towards God) -ku / ـكو (poetic possessive) hamba / همبا (dated) daku / داکو (poetic)	kami / کامي (exclusive) kita orang / كيت اورڠ (informal exclusive) kita / کيت (inclusive)
	royal	beta / بيتا
2nd person	standard	kamu / کامو
		engkau / اڠکاو, kau- / كاوـ (informal/poetic/towards God) kau / كاو (informal) awak / اوق (friendly/older towards younger) anda / اندا (formal) awda / اءودا (Brunei, formal) -mu / ـمو (poetic possessive) dikau / ديکاو (poetic)	anda semua / اندا سموا (formal) awak semua / اوق سموا kamu semua / كامو سموا kalian / کالين (archaic) kau orang / كاو اورڠ (informal)
	royal	tuanku / توانكو
3rd person	standard	dia / دي ia / اي beliau / بلياو (honorific) -nya / ـڽ (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
• → Balinese: ᬫᬦᬶᬭ (manira)

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• mànīr

Etymology

Borrowed from German Manier, adapted with the feminine suffix -a.

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