menel

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sundanese [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmenel/
• Hyphenation: mé‧nél

Noun

ménél (first-person possessive menelku, second-person possessive menelmu, third-person possessive menelnya)

1. (dialect) elephant calf.

Further reading

• “menel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps borrowed from Austrian German Männel or, less likely, from French meneur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.nɛl/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛnɛl
• Syllabification: me‧nel

Noun

menel m pers (female equivalent menelka, diminutive menelik)

1. (colloquial, derogatory) bum, hobo
2. (Białystok) drunkard

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pijak

Declension

Declension of menel

	singular	plural
nominative	menel	menele
genitive	menela	meneli/menelów
dative	menelowi	menelom
accusative	menela	meneli/menelów
instrumental	menelem	menelami
locative	menelu	menelach
vocative	menelu	menele

Derived terms

adjective

• menelski

 

noun

• menelstwo

 

Further reading

• menel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• menel in Polish dictionaries at PWN