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Word:

 

Word - rootword - affixes
manghantokay - hantok - mang-~-ay~
mang.han.tu.kay. - 4 syllables

mang- = manghantok
-ay = manghantokay
manghantokay

manghantokay : gold digger (n.) [babaye]
hantok [han.tuk.] : capture the opponent's stone in a game of mancala (v.); extort (v.); hit the jackpot (v.)

Derivatives of hantok


Glosses:
gold digger
n. (person)1. gold digger, gold miner, gold pannera miner who digs or pans for gold in a gold field.
~ forty-ninera miner who took part in the California gold rush in 1849.
~ miner, mineworkerlaborer who works in a mine.
n. (person)2. gold diggera woman who associates with or marries a rich man in order to get valuables from him through gifts or a divorce settlement.
~ adult female, womanan adult female person (as opposed to a man).; "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
extort
v. (possession)1. extortobtain through intimidation.
~ crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act.; "a long record of crimes"
~ taketake by force.; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill"
~ blackmailobtain through threats.
v. (possession)2. extort, gouge, rack, squeeze, wringobtain by coercion or intimidation.; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him"
~ fleece, gazump, overcharge, plume, hook, rob, soak, surcharge, pluckrip off; ask an unreasonable price.
~ bleedget or extort (money or other possessions) from someone.; "They bled me dry--I have nothing left!"
v. (creation)3. extort, wring fromget or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner.
~ prise, prymake an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry.; "They pried the information out of him"
~ obtaincome into possession of.; "How did you obtain the visa?"
hit the jackpot
v. (social)1. hit the jackpot, luck outsucceed by luck.; "I lucked out and found the last parking spot in the lot"
~ bring home the bacon, deliver the goods, succeed, come through, winattain success or reach a desired goal.; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"