mancho

Borrowed from French manche, Italian manico, Spanish mango.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmant͡ʃo/

mancho (plural manchi)

1. (long) handle, hilt, haft
2. neck (of musical instrument)

• mancheto (“handle”)
• desmanchizar (“to take off the handle of”)

mancho

1. first-person singular present indicative of manchar

From manna (“people”) +‎ -cho. Akin to Kambaata manchu and Hadiyya mancho.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmant͡ʃo/
• Hyphenation: man‧cho

mancho m or f (plural manna m)

1. person

• The gender of mancho depends on the natural gender of the referent. As such, it may be translated as either man (masculine) or woman (feminine) depending on the context.

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 78
• Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “mancho”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

mancho

1. first-person singular present indicative of manchar