manua

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

From mano (“to heal”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈma.nu.(w)a]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧nu‧a

Noun

manua

  1. the act of healing

References
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 135

Samoan Plantation Pidgin

Etymology

From English man-o'-war.

Noun

manua

  1. warship

References
  • Peter, Mühlhäusler (1983), “Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin”, in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh, editors, The Social Context of Creolization, Ann Arbor: Karoma, pages 28-76

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English man-o'-war.

Noun

manua

  1. warship
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