mana

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː.nə/, /ˈmæ-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.nə/, /ˈmæ-/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌ.nʌ/, /ˈma-/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːnə
• Hyphenation: ma‧na

Borrowed from Maori mana, ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.

mana (usually uncountable, plural manas)

1. Power, prestige; specifically, a form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion that inheres in things or people. [from 19th c.]
   • 1862 January 25, Thomas H. Smith, “No. 4: Second Report from T. H. Smith, Esq., R.M.”, in Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand. From the Seventh Day of July to the Fifteenth Day of September, 1862 both Days Inclusive. In the Twenty-sixth Day of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. Being the Second Session of the Third Parliament of New Zealand, Wellington: Printed by W. C. Wilson for the House of Representatives, at the printing office, Shortland Crescent, Auckland, OCLC 276727197, pages 10 and 12:

     [page 10] I have the honor to report, for the information of the Government, the result of my visit to Maketu and the Lake District, and the preliminary arrangements made for introducing the new system of Government for the Natives. […] [page 12] They further required that a certain number of the old Chiefs should be liberally pensioned by the Government, and placed upon a footing of equality with European gentlemen of independent means, in consideration of their resigning their "mana" as Chiefs in favor of the new system; […]

   • 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., page 61:

     The human tribe partakes of the mana or life-force of the animal, and is strengthened[].

   • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in 16th and 17th Century England, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, OCLC 71368859; republished London: Folio Society, 2012, OCLC 805007047, page 193:

     But in popular estimation their essential virtue derived from the personal mana of the sovereign.

   • 1999, Pat Hohepa, “My Musket, My Missionary and My Mana”, in Alex Calder, Jonathan Lamb, and Bridget Orr, editors, Voyages and Beaches: Pacific Encounters, 1769–1840, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 197:

     It can be seen, therefore, that mana is a nonvisible changing measure; it can remain static, increase, or decrease, depending on the actions or inaction of the recipient, and it can be enhanced or diminished. […] One can speak of the mana of a warrior, the mana of a woman leader, the mana of a child prodigy.

   • 2001 September, Aldo Matteucci, “Language and Diplomacy – A Practitioner's View”, in Jovan Kurbalija and Hannah Slavik, editors, Language and Diplomacy, Malta: DiploProjects, Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies, University of Malta, →ISBN, page 61:

     Among the Maori sovereignty was the result of mana—power based on hereditary rank and personal achievement. Manas could coexist and overlap, as they did in the medieval times in Europe.

   • 2012, Harold Hill, “Te Ope Whakaora, the Army that Brings Life: The Salvation Army and Māori”, in Hugh [Douglas] Morrison, Lachy Paterson, Brett Knowles, and Murray Rae, editors, Mana Māori and Christianity, Wellington: Huia Publishers, →ISBN:

     On a number of occasions in recent years apologies have been offered to Māori because of past offences to their mana and invasions of their rights as tangata whenua.

2. (fantasy role-playing games) Magical power.
   • 2003 May 20, “Bear”, “Makes Lovely Julienne Ogres …”, in rec.games.roguelike.angband, Usenet‎, message-ID <3EC9C629.4DF117C@sonic.net>:

     […] Teleporting from an open room where there were a dozen black orcs firing bows […] landed me, low on mana and hitpoints, in a room full of gnome mages who instantly summoned four umber hulks and a xorn!

   • 2010, Ernest Adams, “Artifical Life and Puzzle Games”, in Fundamentals of Game Design, 2nd edition, Berkeley, Calif.: New Riders, →ISBN, page 580:

     Mana often grows in exponential proportion to population size, so as the population increases the player acquires vastly greater powers—a progression that god games share with spellcaster characters in role-playing games.

mana (plural manas)

1. Alternative form of mina (“ancient unit of weight or currency”).

mana (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of manna.

• mana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Nama, naam

• IPA^(key): [mɾ̃ã̄]

mana

1. a blessing

mana

1. to swallow

• Bassa-English Dictionary
• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

• Hyphenation: ma‧na
• IPA^(key): /ˈmana/

mana

1. to inherit

   Synonyms: eredar, lubos

mana

1. place

• Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 162
• Hein Steinhauer, "Going" and "Coming" in the Blagar of Dolap (Pura–Alor–Indonesia)

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈma.nə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈma.na/

mana

1. sorry, pardon (I did not hear you)

• perdó?

mana

1. third-person singular present indicative form of manar
2. second-person singular imperative form of manar

From Late Latin manna.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmana]
• Hyphenation: ma‧na
• Rhymes: -ana

mana

1. (biblical) manna

• mana in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• mana in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

mànǎ

1. water

• Tanyi Eyong Mbuagbaw, The Denya Noun Class System, in the Journal of West African Languages

mana

1. sign, omen
2. miracle, wonder (use cakamana to specify this meaning)
3. antidote (use mana kina to specify this meaning)
4. (biblical) manna

mana

1. so be it, let it be so (addressed to a heathen deity)

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnɑ/, [ˈmɑnɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ma‧na

Probably from Proto-Finnic *mana (compare Southern Sami muonese (“(good or bad) spirit, omen”)). Alternatively possibly a back-formation of manala, which could then originate from maan alla (“under the ground”).

mana

1. death, Death (personification of death)

• (death): kuolema, kuolo, tuoni

• nouns: manala (if not back-formation)
• verbs: manata, mennä manalle, mennä manan majoille

From Maori mana.

mana

1. mana

• Maan, maan

mana m (plural manas)

1. (religion) mana

• “mana”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

mana

1. to rebuke

• IPA^(key): /mana/

mana m

1. a piece of meat

See also manako (meat), manabee (body), manae (to go to where there is meat)

From Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.

mana

1. religious power

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːna/
• Rhymes: -aːna

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *manōną. Possibly borrowed through Middle Low German or German mahnen (“to urge”).

mana (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative manaði, supine manað)

1. to dare (someone to do something)

Borrowed from English mana, from Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.

mana n (genitive singular mana, no plural)

1. (gaming, role playing) mana

• IPA^(key): /ma.na/
• Hyphenation: ma‧na
• Rhymes: -na, -a

From Malay mana. Compare to Proto-Oceanic *mana (“and”).

mana

1. where, which

From English mana, from Maori mana, ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana (“natural power; thunder, storm wind”).

mana (first-person possessive manaku, second-person possessive manamu, third-person possessive mananya)

1. mana: A form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion that inheres in things or people.

From Late Latin manna, from Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna), from Hebrew מן‎ (mān, “'manna”).

mana (first-person possessive manaku, second-person possessive manamu, third-person possessive mananya)

1. (biblical) manna: Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.

• “mana” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

From Old Irish manadh, from a Proto-Celtic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”), the source of Latin moneo (“I advise, warn”).[1]

mana m (genitive singular mana, nominative plural manaí)

1. portent, sign
2. attitude, outlook
3. motto

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “mana”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

From mano, with a vowel change by analogy of the word's gender. Compare Neapolitan mana, Romanian mână.

mana f (plural mane)

1. (regional) Alternative form of mano

mana f

1. mother

mana

1. Rōmaji transcription of まな
2. Rōmaji transcription of マナ

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.naː/, [ˈmäːnäː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.na/, [ˈmäːnä]

mānā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of mānō

mana

1. genitive singular masculine form of mans
2. nominative singular feminine form of mans
3. vocative singular feminine form of mans

mana

1. 3rd person singular present indicative form of manīt
2. 3rd person plural present indicative form of manīt
3. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of manīt
4. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of manīt

mana

1. Latin spelling of მანა (mana)

• mn (SMS slang)

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /manə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /mana/
• Rhymes: -anə, -nə, -ə

mana (Jawi spelling مان‎)

1. where (incomplete without ke, di or dari)
2. which (used with yang)

Occurs in the following constructions: di mana? (“where?”), dari mana? (“whence? from where?”), ke mana? (“whither?, to where?”), macam mana? (“how?”) and yang mana? (“which (one)?”).

• “mana” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.

mana

1. power; mana
   • 2006, Joanne Barker, Sovereignty Matters, page 208:

     In 1979 a gathering of elders at the Waananga kaumatua affirmed te reo Maori “Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Maori” the language is the life principle of Maori mana.

• → English: mana

From Middle Low German [Term?].

mana

1. to encourage, urge

• Norwegian Nynorsk: mana, mane
• Norwegian Bokmål: mane

• “mana” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Ultimately from Latin manus.

mana f

1. hand

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmana/

mana

1. inflection of mannat:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. imperative connegative

From Middle Norwegian mana, from Middle Low German [Term?].

• mane (e infinitive)

mana (present tense manar, past tense mana, past participle mana, passive infinitive manast, present participle manande, imperative mana/man)

1. to encourage, urge

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mana

1. definite singular of man

• “mana” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

mana

1. indefinite genitive plural of mǫn

From Proto-Cushitic *min- (“house, to build”). Cognates include Burji mina, Hadiyya mine and Sidamo mine.

mana

1. house

mana m or n

1. Interpretation of many of the inflectional forms of manas (“mind”)
2. vocative singular of manas

Borrowed from Maori mana, from Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.na/

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: ma‧na

mana f

1. mana (form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion that inheres in things or people)
2. (fantasy role-playing games) mana (magical power)

• mana in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nɐ
• Hyphenation: ma‧na

mana f (plural manas)

1. (colloquial, familiar) sister

mana

1. not
2. no

• -chu

From Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.

mana

1. power
2. divine authority

mana

1. heritage

From a dialectal vulgarism of Ottoman Turkish بهانه‎ (bahane), either in the form of "mahane" or "mana"[1], from Persian بهانه‎ (bahâne, “excuse”). Related to Macedonian маана (maana), Bulgarian махана (mahana), Albanian mahanë - all borrowed from Ottoman Turkish.

• IPA^(key): /mǎːna/
• Hyphenation: ma‧na
• Rhymes: -ǎːna

mána f (Cyrillic spelling ма́на)

1. flaw, fault, shortcoming

• verbs: manisati

From Latin manna, from Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna), from Hebrew מן‎ (mān, “'manna”).

• IPA^(key): /mâna/
• Hyphenation: ma‧na

mȁna f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏на)

1. manna

Borrowed from English mana, from Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.

• IPA^(key): /mâna/
• Hyphenation: ma‧na

mȁna f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏на)

1. mana

• IPA^(key): /ˈmana/ [ˈma.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: ma‧na

mana f (plural manas)

1. (slang, Mexico) female equivalent of mano

mana

1. inflection of manar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

mana f (plural manas)

1. manna

mana f (plural manas)

1. spring (of water)

• “mana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

From Low German manen, from Old Saxon manon, from Proto-Germanic *manōną, cognate with Old English manian (“to remind”).

mana (present manar, preterite manade, supine manat, imperative mana)

1. to encourage or urge someone

• anmana
• frammana
• förmana
• maning
• självmant
• uppmana
• utmana

From Malay manah (“heritage”), from Arabic أَمَانَة‎ (ʾamāna, “trust”).

• Hyphenation: ma‧na
• IPA^(key): /ˈmana/, [ˈma.nɐ]

mana

1. heirloom; inheritance; heritage

From Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.

mana

1. power
2. respect given in accordance to power

From Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.

• IPA^(key): /ma.na/

mana

1. miracle

mana

1. water

• C. L. Voorhoeve, 1975. Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, p.120
• Bill Palmer, editor (2018) The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide, Padua: De Gruyter Mouton, OCLC 1050042990

From Ottoman Turkish معنا‎, from Arabic مَعْنًى‎ (maʿnan) (plural: مَعَانٍ‎ (maʿānin)).

• IPA^(key): /maːnaː/, [mɑːɲäː], (deprecated) [mɑːnɑː]

mana (definite accusative manayı, plural manalar)

1. meaning

• anlam

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “mana”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

mana

1. genitive singular of man

From Proto-Central Jê *mə̃nə̃ (“tail, penis”) < Proto-Cerrado *mbyn (“tail, penis”) < Proto-Jê *mbyn (“tail”).

IPA^(key): [mə̃nə̃]

mana

1. Form of bö (utterance-medial variant)

mana

1. water

• Andrew Pawley, Papuan Pasts: Cultural, Linguistic and Biological Histories of Papuan-Speaking Peoples (2005)