mani

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meaning

money, currency; thing of value e.g. gold, investment, livestock

see also

esun

semantic space · lipamanka

mani speaks to things used in trade, such as fiat money, livestock, spices, or anything else being framed as a tool of bartering. anything can be mani, but by using mani for it you're throwing most of its other qualities to the side. For example, if I use mani to describe coriander, I am framing its culinary usage as irrelevant. I do not care if it will be cooked with. I only care that it will be used in an exchange.

ku translations

money100 cash93 monetary83 currency82 treasure73 wealth71 worth70 cattle68 dollar67 financial64 funding57 fiscal54 fee50 wage50 cost47 valuable43 pension40 economic39 expense39 fund39 budget38 revenue38 salary38 credit36 compensation33 earnings33 price33 value32 income31 profit31 subsidy31 cow30 toll30 payment29 large domesticated animal27 wealthy25

pu verbatim

  • NOUN money, cash, savings, wealth; large domesticated animal

usage

core · 99% usage

found in pu

coined pre-pu

origin

English · money

Proto-Germanic · fehu ‘livestock’

Latin · pecū ‘cattle’

coined by jan Sonja

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mani

a pictogram of a large domestic animal, such as a cow (sonja confirmed)

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