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› Tok Pisin
Where does “manki” come from?
manki (Tok Pisin) comes from English monkey, from German Moneke.
manki
(Tok Pisin): boy, youth
Definitions
boy, youth
Ancestry of “manki”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
English
monkey
Any member of the clade Simiiformes not also of...
2
German
Moneke
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Words derived from “manki”
pilaimanki
Every word from German Moneke →
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