Manu
English
Etymology
Transliteration of Sanskrit मनु (manu, “man, mankind”). Doublet of man.
Proper noun
Manu
- (Hinduism) A title accorded to the progenitor of mankind, first king to rule this earth, who saves mankind from the universal flood.
- 1988, Hermann Oldenberg, Shridhar B. Shrotri, The Religion of the Veda, p. 138:
- Agni is the one who is introduced by Manu, who is kindled by Manu; one requests him to rule at the present sacrifice, as he had done it for Manu, when he "offered the first oblation, with kindled fire, with his (attentive) heart and soul, along with the seven priests" to the gods (X, 63, 7).
- 1988, Hermann Oldenberg, Shridhar B. Shrotri, The Religion of the Veda, p. 138:
- (theosophy) The progenitor of the Aryan root race, who are said to have originated in Atlantis.
- A male given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.
- A male given name An abbreviation of Emmanuel.
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
Short form of Immanuel, also used as a nickname for Mauno and Maunu.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Manu
- a male given name
Declension
Inflection of Manu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Manu | Manut | |
genitive | Manun | Manujen | |
partitive | Manua | Manuja | |
illative | Manuun | Manuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Manu | Manut | |
accusative | nom. | Manu | Manut |
gen. | Manun | ||
genitive | Manun | Manujen | |
partitive | Manua | Manuja | |
inessive | Manussa | Manuissa | |
elative | Manusta | Manuista | |
illative | Manuun | Manuihin | |
adessive | Manulla | Manuilla | |
ablative | Manulta | Manuilta | |
allative | Manulle | Manuille | |
essive | Manuna | Manuina | |
translative | Manuksi | Manuiksi | |
abessive | Manutta | Manuitta | |
instructive | — | Manuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Anagrams
Hawaiian
Etymology
manu (“bird”), also a short form of compound names containing this word.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- a male given name from Hawaiian
- a female given name from Hawaiian
References
- Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1986
- Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Manu occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 14 women and 26 men.
Maori
Etymology
From manu (“bird”), also a short form of compound names containing this word.
Proper noun
Manu
- a male given name
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- English transliterations of Sanskrit terms
- English terms derived from Sanskrit
- English doublets
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Hinduism
- English given names
- English male given names
- English male given names from Sanskrit
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑnu
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑnu/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish male given names
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hawaiian given names
- Hawaiian male given names
- Hawaiian male given names from Hawaiian
- Hawaiian female given names
- Hawaiian female given names from Hawaiian
- Maori lemmas
- Maori proper nouns
- Maori given names
- Maori male given names