mankavo

From mano (“hand”, noun) +‎ kavo (“cavity, hollow”, noun).

• IPA^(key): /manˈkavo/
• Rhymes: -avo
• Hyphenation: man‧ka‧vo

mankavo (accusative singular mankavon, plural mankavoj, accusative plural mankavojn)

1. (anatomy) cupped palm (inner side of a hand held in a hollow)
   • 1916, “Sentencoj 30:4 [Proverbs 30:4 (WEBU)]”, in Zamenhof, Ludoviko Lazaro, transl., La Malnova Testamento [The Old Testament]‎^[1], Londono: Brita kaj Alilanda Biblia Societo, published 1927, archived from the original on 1 July 2022, page 562:

     […] Kiu kolektis la venton en siajn mankavojn? […]?

     […] Who has gathered the wind in his fists? […]?

     (figure — figuratively)

   • 1916, “Jesaja 40:12 [Isaiah 40:12 (WEBU)]”, in Zamenhof, Ludoviko Lazaro, transl., La Malnova Testamento [The Old Testament]‎^[2], Londono: Brita kaj Alilanda Biblia Societo, published 1927, archived from the original on 1 July 2022, page 601:

     […] [li] mezuris per sia mankavo la akvon […]?

     […] [he] has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, […]?

   • 2015, Julius Hauser, “Moderna banloko”, in Monato: internacia magazino‎^[3], Belgio: Flandra Esperanto-Ligo, archived from the original on 23 September 2021:

     […] la aktor(in)o, ricevinta la ĉefpremion, postlasas signon de sia mankavo sur la Ponto de la gloro […].

     […] the actor/actress, who received the main prize, leaves a mark of their cupped palm on the Bridge of the Glory […].

• “mankavo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997