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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɑː.nə/, /ˈmæ-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.nə/, /ˈmæ-/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈmʌ.nʌ/, /ˈma-/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːnə
- Hyphenation: ma‧na
Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Maori mana, ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.
The use of "mana" for "magical power" in videogames originated from Larry Niven, when he wrote the short story, "Not Long Before the End", in 1969. It was later popularised by his "The Magic Goes Away" setting.
Noun
[edit]mana (usually uncountable, plural manas)
- 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, 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, 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, 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, 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.
- (fantasy roleplaying games) Magical power.
- 2003 May 20, “Bear”, “Makes Lovely Julienne Ogres …”, in rec.games.roguelike.angband[3] (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.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]mana (plural manas)
- Alternative form of mina (“ancient unit of weight or currency”).
Etymology 3
[edit]Noun
[edit]mana (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of manna.
Further reading
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Bassa
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mana
- a blessing
Verb
[edit]mana
- to swallow
References
[edit]- Bassa-English Dictionary
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Bikol Central
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]mana
Derived terms
[edit]Blagar
[edit]Noun
[edit]mana
References
[edit]- 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)
Catalan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]mana
Verb
[edit]mana
- inflection of manar:
Cebuano
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From human + na, literally “it is finished”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]maná (Badlit spelling ᜋᜈ)
- (colloquial) specifies that the action is finished or completed
- Mana mi'g kaon. ― We are done eating.
- Mana ko'g luto og utan. ― I am done cooking vegetables.
See also
[edit]Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Late Latin manna.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mana f
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mana”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “mana”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Denya
[edit]Noun
[edit]mànǎ
Further reading
[edit]- Tanyi Eyong Mbuagbaw, The Denya Noun Class System, in the Journal of West African Languages
Fijian
[edit]Noun
[edit]mana
- sign, omen
- miracle, wonder (use cakamana to specify this meaning)
- antidote (use mana kina to specify this meaning)
- (biblical) manna
Adverb
[edit]mana
- so be it, let it be so (addressed to a heathen deity)
Finnish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]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”).
Noun
[edit]mana
Declension
[edit]Inflection of mana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | mana | manat | |
genitive | manan | manojen | |
partitive | manaa | manoja | |
illative | manaan | manoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | mana | manat | |
accusative | nom. | mana | manat |
gen. | manan | ||
genitive | manan | manojen manain rare | |
partitive | manaa | manoja | |
inessive | manassa | manoissa | |
elative | manasta | manoista | |
illative | manaan | manoihin | |
adessive | manalla | manoilla | |
ablative | manalta | manoilta | |
allative | manalle | manoille | |
essive | manana | manoina | |
translative | manaksi | manoiksi | |
abessive | manatta | manoitta | |
instructive | — | manoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- nouns: manala (if not back-formation)
- verbs: manata (possibly), mennä manalle, mennä manan majoille
Further reading
[edit]- “1. mana”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]mana
Declension
[edit]Inflection of mana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | mana | manat | |
genitive | manan | manojen | |
partitive | manaa | manoja | |
illative | manaan | manoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | mana | manat | |
accusative | nom. | mana | manat |
gen. | manan | ||
genitive | manan | manojen manain rare | |
partitive | manaa | manoja | |
inessive | manassa | manoissa | |
elative | manasta | manoista | |
illative | manaan | manoihin | |
adessive | manalla | manoilla | |
ablative | manalta | manoilta | |
allative | manalle | manoille | |
essive | manana | manoina | |
translative | manaksi | manoiksi | |
abessive | manatta | manoitta | |
instructive | — | manoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading
[edit]- “2. mana”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][5] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Noun
[edit]mana m (plural manas)
Further reading
[edit]- “mana”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Garo
[edit]Verb
[edit]mana
- to rebuke
Hadza
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mana m
- a piece of meat
See also manako (meat), manabee (body), manae (to go to where there is meat)
Hawaiian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.
Noun
[edit]mana
- religious power
Icelandic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *manōną. Possibly borrowed through Middle Low German or German mahnen (“to urge”).
Verb
[edit]mana (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative manaði, supine manað)
- to dare (someone to do something)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að mana | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
supine (sagnbót) |
manað | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
manandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég mana | við mönum | present (nútíð) |
ég mani | við mönum |
þú manar | þið manið | þú manir | þið manið | ||
hann, hún, það manar | þeir, þær, þau mana | hann, hún, það mani | þeir, þær, þau mani | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég manaði | við mönuðum | past (þátíð) |
ég manaði | við mönuðum |
þú manaðir | þið mönuðuð | þú manaðir | þið mönuðuð | ||
hann, hún, það manaði | þeir, þær, þau mönuðu | hann, hún, það manaði | þeir, þær, þau mönuðu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
mana (þú) | manið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
manaðu | maniði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að manast | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
supine (sagnbót) |
manast | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
manandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég manast | við mönumst | present (nútíð) |
ég manist | við mönumst |
þú manast | þið manist | þú manist | þið manist | ||
hann, hún, það manast | þeir, þær, þau manast | hann, hún, það manist | þeir, þær, þau manist | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég manaðist | við mönuðumst | past (þátíð) |
ég manaðist | við mönuðumst |
þú manaðist | þið mönuðust | þú manaðist | þið mönuðust | ||
hann, hún, það manaðist | þeir, þær, þau mönuðust | hann, hún, það manaðist | þeir, þær, þau mönuðust | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
manast (þú) | manist (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
manastu | manisti * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
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masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
manaður | mönuð | manað | manaðir | manaðar | mönuð | |
accusative (þolfall) |
manaðan | manaða | manað | manaða | manaðar | mönuð | |
dative (þágufall) |
mönuðum | manaðri | mönuðu | mönuðum | mönuðum | mönuðum | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
manaðs | manaðrar | manaðs | manaðra | manaðra | manaðra | |
weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
manaði | manaða | manaða | mönuðu | mönuðu | mönuðu | |
accusative (þolfall) |
manaða | mönuðu | manaða | mönuðu | mönuðu | mönuðu | |
dative (þágufall) |
manaða | mönuðu | manaða | mönuðu | mönuðu | mönuðu | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
manaða | mönuðu | manaða | mönuðu | mönuðu | mönuðu |
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from English mana, from Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.
Noun
[edit]mana n (genitive singular mana, no plural)
Declension
[edit]Indonesian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Malay mana. Compare to Proto-Oceanic *mana (“and”).
Adverb
[edit]mana
- where, which
- (colloquial) not, doesn't (negates meaning of verb)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From English mana, from Maori mana, ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana (“natural power; thunder, storm wind”).
Noun
[edit]mana (first-person possessive manaku, second-person possessive manamu, third-person possessive mananya)
- mana: A form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion that inheres in things or people.
Etymology 3
[edit]From Late Latin manna, from Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna), from Hebrew מן (mān, “'manna”).
Noun
[edit]mana (first-person possessive manaku, second-person possessive manamu, third-person possessive mananya)
- (biblical) manna: Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
Further reading
[edit]- “mana” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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]
Noun
[edit]mana m (genitive singular mana, nominative plural manaí)
Declension
[edit]
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Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
---|---|---|
mana | mhana | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “manadh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page 241
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mana”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From mano, with a vowel change by analogy of the word's gender. Compare Neapolitan mana, Romanian mână.
Noun
[edit]mana f (plural mane)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]mana m (uncountable)
Italiot Greek
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mana f
Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]mana
Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmaː.naː/, [ˈmäːnäː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈma.na/, [ˈmäːnä]
Verb
[edit]mānā
Latvian
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]mana
Verb
[edit]mana
- third-person singular/plural present indicative of manīt
- (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of manīt
- (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of manīt
Laz
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]mana
- Latin spelling of მანა (mana)
Macanese
[edit]Noun
[edit]mana
Malay
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- mn (SMS slang)
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]mana (Jawi spelling مان)
Usage notes
[edit]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)?”).
Further reading
[edit]- “mana” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Maori
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.
Noun
[edit]mana
- 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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
[edit]- → English: mana
Middle Norwegian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German [Term?].
Verb
[edit]mana
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “mana” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Nafaanra
[edit]Noun
[edit]mana
Neapolitan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]mana f
Northern Sami
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]mana
- inflection of mannat:
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Norwegian mana, from Middle Low German [Term?].
Alternative forms
[edit]- mane (e infinitive)
Verb
[edit]mana (present tense manar, past tense mana, past participle mana, passive infinitive manast, present participle manande, imperative mana/man)
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
[edit]mana
References
[edit]- “mana” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
[edit]Noun
[edit]mana
Old Norse
[edit]Noun
[edit]mana
Oromo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Cushitic *min- (“house, to build”). Cognates include Burji mina, Hadiyya mine and Sidamo mine.
Noun
[edit]mana
Pali
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]mana m or n
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Maori mana, from Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mana f
- mana (form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion that inheres in things or people)
- (fantasy roleplaying games) mana (magical power)
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- mana in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish mana, clipping of hermana (“sister”).
Noun
[edit]mana f (plural manas)
- (colloquial, familiar) female equivalent of mano; sister
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from English mana, from Maori mana.
Noun
[edit]mana m or f (uncountable)
- (religion) mana (form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion)
- (fantasy roleplaying games) mana (magical power)
Etymology 3
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]mana
- inflection of manar:
Further reading
[edit]- “mana”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “mana” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “mana”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “mana”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “mana”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Quechua
[edit]Particle
[edit]mana
See also
[edit]Rapa Nui
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.
Noun
[edit]mana
Sambali
[edit]Noun
[edit]mana
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mána f (Cyrillic spelling ма́на)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- verbs: manisati
References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بهانه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 415
Etymology 2
[edit]From Latin manna, from Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna), from Hebrew מן (mān, “'manna”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mȁna f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏на)
Declension
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Borrowed from English mana, from Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mȁna f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏на)
Declension
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]mana f (plural manas)
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]mana
- inflection of manar:
Etymology 3
[edit]Noun
[edit]mana f (plural manas)
Etymology 4
[edit]Noun
[edit]mana f (plural manas)
- spring (of water)
Further reading
[edit]- “mana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Low German manen, from Old Saxon manon, from Proto-Germanic *manōną, cognate with Old English manian (“to remind”).
Verb
[edit]mana (present manar, preterite manade, supine manat, imperative mana)
Conjugation
[edit]Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | mana | manas | ||
Supine | manat | manats | ||
Imperative | mana | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | manen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | manar | manade | manas | manades |
Ind. plural1 | mana | manade | manas | manades |
Subjunctive2 | mane | manade | manes | manades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | manande | |||
Past participle | manad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]mana c
- mana (supernatural power)
Declension
[edit]nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | mana | manas |
definite | manan | manans | |
plural | indefinite | — | — |
definite | — | — |
References
[edit]- mana in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- mana in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- mana in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mana, *maña (“inherit; inheritance”). Compare Malay manah (“heritage”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈmana/ [ˈmaː.n̪ɐ]
- Rhymes: -ana
- Syllabification: ma‧na
Noun
[edit]mana (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈ)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mana”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Anagrams
[edit]Tahitian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.
Noun
[edit]mana
Tongan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mana
Tunggare
[edit]Noun
[edit]mana
References
[edit]- 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
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish معنا, from Arabic مَعْنًى (maʕnan) (plural: مَعَانٍ (maʕānin)).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mana (definite accusative manayı, plural manalar)
Declension
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Definite accusative | manayı | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | mana | manalar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | manayı | manaları | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | manaya | manalara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | manada | manalarda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | manadan | manalardan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | mananın | manaların | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mana”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Volapük
[edit]Noun
[edit]mana
Xavante
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Central Jê *mə̃nə̃ (“tail, penis”) < Proto-Cerrado *mbyn (“tail, penis”) < Proto-Jê *mbyn (“tail”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mana
- Form of bö (utterance-medial variant)
Yawa
[edit]Noun
[edit]mana
References
[edit]- Andrew Pawley, Papuan Pasts: Cultural, Linguistic and Biological Histories of Papuan-Speaking Peoples (2005)
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