menajo

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French ménage. Also found in English manage. Decision no. 258, Progreso IV.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈnaʒo/, /meˈnad͡ʒo/

Noun

menajo (plural menaji)

1. housekeeping, housework (administration, cleaning and general management of a house)

Derived terms

• menajar (“to do the housekeeping”)
• menajisto (“housekeeper”)
• menajestro (“housekeeper”)

References

• Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 163
• Progreso IV (in Ido), 1911–1912, page 66