manicho

Galician

From man (“hand”) ‎ -icho.

manicho (feminine manicha, masculine plural manichos, feminine plural manichas)

left-handed (all meanings)
- 1883, periodical O Tío Marcos da Portela, II, 2, page 2:
  Ten mentres de facerse manicho por chasco e faráse conservador, ou calquera cousa, con tal de que lle consintan porse na punta dos pés, pra figurar como paxaro grande
  Looking to turn left-handed out of disappointment and he'll turn conservative, or any other thing, as long as they indulge on him standing on his toes to figure as a big fish
Synonyms: esquerdeiro, zurdo

Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “manicho”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “manicho”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “manicho”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN