mana

See also MANA, Mana, maná, mañá, maña, måna, mână, mâna, and mãnã

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From a Polynesian source such as Maori mana.

Pronunciation

• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈmɑnə/, SAMPA: /"mAn@/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Noun

mana (uncountable)

1. A form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion that inheres in things or people.
2. (gaming, chiefly role-playing games) Magical power.
3. Alternative spelling of manna.

Anagrams

• naam
• Nama

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Catalan

Verb

mana

1. Third-person singular present indicative form of manar.
2. Second-person singular imperative form of manar.

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Finnish

Etymology 1

Noun

mana

1. The place where people go after dying according to the Finnish mythology.
2. death

Declension

Declension of mana (type kala) singular plural nominative mana manat genitive manan manojen manain1 partitive manaa manoja accusative mana manan manat inessive manassa manoissa elative manasta manoista illative manaan manoihin adessive manalla manoilla ablative manalta manoilta allative manalle manoille essive manana manoina translative manaksi manoiksi instructive – manoin abessive manatta manoitta comitative – manoineen 1) Rare.

Synonyms

• (place of dead): manala, tuonela
• (death): kuolema

Derived terms

• verbs: manata

Etymology 2

Noun

mana

1. mana

Anagrams

• maan

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmaːna/
• Rhymes: -aːna

Etymology 1

Verb

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

1. to dare (someone to do something)

Conjugation

mana — active voice (germynd)

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.

manast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

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.

manaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	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

From English mana, from a Polynesian language.

Noun

mana n. (genitive singular mana, uncountable)

1. (gaming, role playing) mana

Declension

declension of mana

n-w	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mana	manað	-	-
accusative	mana	manað	-	-
dative	mana	mananu	-	-
genitive	mana	manans	-	-

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Indonesian

Adverb

mana

1. where, which

Derived terms

• di mana
• ke mana
• yang mana

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Japanese

Noun

mana (hiragana まな)

1. 真名: kanji (as opposed to kana)
2. マナ: manna

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Latin

Verb

mānā

1. first-person singular present active imperative of mānō

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Malay

Adverb

mana

1. where, which

Usage notes

Similar in usage to Indonesian examples di mana, ke mana and yang mana.

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Maori

Noun

mana

1. power

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Neapolitan

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin manus.

Noun

mana f.

1. hand

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Quechua

Particle

mana

1. not
2. no

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Rapa Nui

Noun

mana

1. power
2. divine authority

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *mana.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mǎːna/
• Hyphenation: ma‧na

Noun

mána f. (Cyrillic spelling ма́на)

1. fault, defect, shortcoming

Declension

    declension of mana

	singular	plural
nominative	mana	mane
genitive	mane	mana
dative	mani	manama
accusative	manu	mane
vocative	mano	mane
locative	mani	manama
instrumental	manom	manama

Derived terms

• verbs: manisati

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mâna/
• Hyphenation: ma‧na

Noun

mȁna f. (Cyrillic spelling ма̏на)

1. manna

Declension

    declension of mana

	singular	plural
nominative	mana	mane
genitive	mane	mana
dative	mani	manama
accusative	manu	mane
vocative	mano	mane
locative	mani	manama
instrumental	manom	manama

Etymology 3

From English mana, itself from a Polynesian source.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mâna/
• Hyphenation: ma‧na

Noun

mȁna f. (Cyrillic spelling ма̏на)

1. mana

Declension

    declension of mana

	singular	plural
nominative	mana	mane
genitive	mane	mana
dative	mani	manama
accusative	manu	mane
vocative	mano	mane
locative	mani	manama
instrumental	manom	manama

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Spanish

Verb

mana (infinitive manar)

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of manar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of manar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of manar.

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Swedish

Verb

mana

1. to encourage or urge someone

Conjugation

Conjugation of mana

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	mana	manas
Present tense	manar	manas
Past tense	manade	manades
Supine	manat	manats
Imperative	mana	—
Present participle	manande
Past participle	manad

See also

• anmana
• förmana
• maning
• uppmana

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Tahitian

Noun

mana

1. power
2. respect given in accordance to power

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈma.na/

Noun

mana

1. heirloom

Verb

mana (infinitive magmana'')

1. to inherit

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Turkish

Noun

manâ

1. meaning

Synonyms

• anlam

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Volapük

Noun

mana

1. genitive singular form of man