managu

English

Noun

managu (countable and uncountable, plural managus)

(Kenya) African nightshade.

Nias

Verb

managu

imperfective of tagu (“to sew”)

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

manag, managʷ, manak, manakʷ, manaku

Etymology

Univerbation of man +‎ akud, literally “what time”.

Cognate with Tuareg mənğədu (“when”), Ghadames nkud (“when”), Awjila mmə́g, mmóg (“when”), and Zenaga maʔk oʔgđ (“when”).

Adverb

managu (Arabic spelling ماناڭو)

when
حماد، ماناڭو يفكا تابرات ي فاطِمَة.
ḥmad, managu ifka tabrat i faṭima ?
as for Ahmed when did he give the letter to Fatima ?

See also

ma (“what”)
man (“which”)
mani (“where”)
manik (“how”)
manza (“where”)

References

Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 3 m—š (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/3) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1704a