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Appendix:Variations of "man" English Etymology en :inh enm:-man<ety:from<enm:man>> 1 From en enm -man, from the noun enm man. Pronunciation en /mən/ /mæn/ Suffix en suffix noun-forming suffix plural -men feminine -woman noun-forming suffixes Someone (possibly implied male) who is an expert in an area or who takes part in an activity. en horse horseman en sports sportsman Someone (possibly implied male) who is employed or holds a position in an area. en law lawman en news newsman Someone (possibly implied male) who has special characteristics relating to a topic or area. en free freeman en ice iceman en super superman Someone (possibly implied male) who has a particular nationality. en Scots Scotsman en Dutch Dutchman en China Chinaman en Yorkshire Yorkshireman A man whose name begins with the preceding letter. en H H-man<t:man whose name starts with H, e.g. Harry> en J J-man<t:man whose name starts with an J> A ship which has special characteristics relating to a trade or area. en Guinea Guineaman ship of the West African slave trade en East India East Indiaman en merchant merchantman en Greenland Greenlandman a whaling ship en China Chinaman sailing ship engaged in the Old China Trade Usage notes To more explicitly include people regardless of gender, the suffix en -person or a synonym, for example en police officer instead of en policeman, can be used. Frequently employed in the names of male comic book superheroes, e.g. Aquaman, Batman, Spider-Man, Superman. The pronunciation can either have a full vowel or a schwa, but they are not in free variation; some words formed with this suffix can be used with only one of the possible pronunciations. Hypernyms en -person Derived terms :Category:English terms suffixed with -man en airman bogeyman committeeman fireman freeman gunman horseman iceman lawman newsman sandman seaman sportsman superman Descendants See also descendants of man. srn -man 1 fr -man 1 ja マン -man 1 cy -mon References Anagrams en amn MNA N. Am. 'Nam mna AMN Nam NAM 'nam NMA en productive suffixes Albanian Alternative forms sq -mën Tosk dialectal Etymology Akin to ro -oman. Perhaps 1 sq ota ـمن ـمان -man,287f. alternatively from sq sla.de Wolfgang Dahmen Südosteuropäische Romania Narr Verlag 2012 Ina Arapi 146 9783823367406 https://books.google.com/?id=vDLPkOLV63kC&pg=PA146 Suffix sq suffix sq originally Tosk forms derogatory adjectives and nouns. sq -laq -luq -lec -rash -vec Usage notes The vast majority of derived terms also contain the infix sq -a-. Derived terms sq References Further reading 173 3.4.1 D Antigua and Barbuda Creole English Suffix aig suffix Person suffix (male), used to derive agent nouns from verbs as well as nouns for people characterised by a trait from nouns and adjectives. Derived terms aig Catalan Etymology From ca grc -μανής. Suffix ca suffix m feminine -mana Forms adjectives pertaining to particular manias or addictions. ca biblio- bibliòman bibliomaniacal ca cocaïna cocaïnòman addicted to cocaine en -mane, -maniac (forms nouns referring to persons suffering from particular manias or addictions) ca clepto- cleptòman cleptomaniac ca morfina morfinòman morphine addict Usage notes Generally used with a stressed form of the interfix ca -o- to ease pronunciation. Derived terms ca Related terms ca -mania Further reading Danish Etymology From da fr -mane. Suffix da suffix generally -maniac Derived terms da See also da -fil References da noun-forming suffixes Dutch Etymology From the Dutch noun nl man man. Suffix nl suffix noun-forming suffixes m plural -mannen or -lieden or -lui or -mensen someone (implied male) who is an expert in an area nl sportman sportsman nl zakenman businessman someone (implied male) who is employed or holds a position in an area nl brandweerman fireman nl politieman policeman someone (implied male) who has special characteristics relating to an area nl dolleman madman nl landsman countryman someone (implied male) who is derived from a particular nationality nl Engelsman Englishman nl Fransman Frenchman Usage notes The plural form of -man is nl -lieden (nl -lui in spoken language) or sometimes nl -mannen and nl -mensen, e.g. nl sportlieden / sportlui sportsmen nl brandweerlieden / brandweerlui / brandweermannen firemen nl politiemannen / politiemensen policemen nl Fransmannen / Fransen Frenchmen Antonyms nl -vrouw f Derived terms nl brandweerman dolleman Engelsman Fransman landsman politieman sportman zakenman zeeman French Etymology fr en -man. Pronunciation mane Suffix fr suffix m plural -mans or -men feminine -woman noun-forming suffixes used to form names of male professions or sportspersons Usage notes In European and Canadian French, most words with this ending like fr businessman are borrowed directly from English, while some such as fr tennisman are not. In sub-Saharan Africa, the suffix is much more productive and, in more slangy language, appended to anything relating to a habitual activity: fr gbanman druggie (Ivory Coast) from dmn - fr gban drug, fr boukiman speculator (Senegal) from wo buki hyena, fr djigboman magician (Ivory Coast) from Bété language Bété fr djigbo fetish, as well as the more generally used fr taximan taxi driver (many countries) and fr gbakaman marshrutka-driver (Ivory Coast) from fr gbaka marshrutka. Haitian Creole Etymology From ht fr -ment -ly. Suffix ht suffix used to form adverbs out of adjectives; -ly Derived terms ht Norwegian Bokmål Etymology From nb fr -mane. Suffix nb suffix m generally -maniac Derived terms nb References nb noun-forming suffixes Norwegian Nynorsk Etymology nn ine-pro *men- think From nn fr -mane. Suffix nn suffix m generally -maniac Derived terms nn References nn noun-forming suffixes Quechua Suffix qu suffix allative or dative case; indicates the direction of movement or the indirect object qu Llaqtaman risaq. I will go towards the town. qu Paykunaman mikhunata apachkani. I am taking food to them. potential mood; indicates possibility or potential qu Qam rikunkiman. You would see. qu Ñuqaqa manam haqayman purinimanchu. I would not walk over there. Sranan Tongo Etymology srn Pronunciation Suffix srn suffix Person suffix, used to derive agent nouns from verbs as well as nouns for people characterised by a trait from nouns and adjectives. Derived terms srn Turkish Suffix tr suffix form -men a