manki

English: ‘monkey’.

Introduced by Malay traders. Note: variant spelling mangi.

See original Mihalic entry ® mangi, mankimasta, mankimeri.

Noun forms

  1. Kind of person: a boy
    em i karim tupela manki na tripela meri she bore two boys and three girls
    Tupela manki i kamap bikpela na Iso i kamap saveman tru belong painim abus And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter (Genesis 25:27)

  1. Kinship: son
    em i manki bilong mi he is my son

  1. Kind of person: lad, fellow, youth
    ol manki Hagen fellows from Hagen

  1. Kind of person: an uninitiated boy
    ol manki i hait long bus long sutim nus the initiates are concealed in the forest for the nose peircing ceremony

  1. Kind of person: an errand boy, one who works for another, a ‘puppet’ of ® pikinini
    mi no manki bilong yu I am not your slave, your errand boy

  1. Kind of person: catamite, passive homosexual partner
    em i manki bilong em he is his catamite

  1. Sexual anatomy: the penis
    em i sindaun kranki na manki bilong em i stap long ples klia he sat down without adjusting his dress properly, and you could see his penis

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