mana

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English

WOTD – 6 February 2017
Petty Officer Shane Westbrook of the Royal New Zealand Navy leading the New Zealand Defence Force’s Maori Cultural Group during a commemorative service on 8 August 2015 held to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Chunuk Bair which took place during World War I at Gallipoli in the Ottoman Empire (now Turkey)

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Maori mana, ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *sumanat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sumaŋet, from Proto-Austronesian *sumaŋed.

Noun

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, 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; […]
    • 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 roleplaying games) Magical power.
    • 2003 May 20, “Bear”, “Makes Lovely Julienne Ogres …”, in rec.games.roguelike.angband‎[1] (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.

Translations

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

mana (plural manas)

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

Etymology 3

Noun

mana (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of manna.

Further reading

Anagrams

Bassa

Pronunciation

Verb

mana

  1. to swallow

References

Blagar

Noun

mana

  1. place

References

Catalan

Pronunciation

Interjection

mana

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

Synonyms

Verb

mana

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Czech

Noun

mana

  1. manna

Declension

Template:cs-decl-noun

Denya

Noun

mànǎ

  1. water

Further reading

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

Fijian

Noun

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

Adverb

mana

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

Finnish

Etymology 1

Noun

mana

  1. death, Death (personification of death)
Declension
Inflection of mana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
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
manainrare
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.
Possessive forms of mana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative manani manani
accusative nom. manani manani
gen. manani
genitive manani manojeni
manainirare
partitive manaani manojani
inessive manassani manoissani
elative manastani manoistani
illative manaani manoihini
adessive manallani manoillani
ablative manaltani manoiltani
allative manalleni manoilleni
essive mananani manoinani
translative manakseni manoikseni
abessive manattani manoittani
instructive — —
comitative — manoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative manasi manasi
accusative nom. manasi manasi
gen. manasi
genitive manasi manojesi
manaisirare
partitive manaasi manojasi
inessive manassasi manoissasi
elative manastasi manoistasi
illative manaasi manoihisi
adessive manallasi manoillasi
ablative manaltasi manoiltasi
allative manallesi manoillesi
essive mananasi manoinasi
translative manaksesi manoiksesi
abessive manattasi manoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — manoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative manamme manamme
accusative nom. manamme manamme
gen. manamme
genitive manamme manojemme
manaimmerare
partitive manaamme manojamme
inessive manassamme manoissamme
elative manastamme manoistamme
illative manaamme manoihimme
adessive manallamme manoillamme
ablative manaltamme manoiltamme
allative manallemme manoillemme
essive mananamme manoinamme
translative manaksemme manoiksemme
abessive manattamme manoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — manoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mananne mananne
accusative nom. mananne mananne
gen. mananne
genitive mananne manojenne
manainnerare
partitive manaanne manojanne
inessive manassanne manoissanne
elative manastanne manoistanne
illative manaanne manoihinne
adessive manallanne manoillanne
ablative manaltanne manoiltanne
allative manallenne manoillenne
essive manananne manoinanne
translative manaksenne manoiksenne
abessive manattanne manoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — manoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative manansa manansa
accusative nom. manansa manansa
gen. manansa
genitive manansa manojensa
manainsarare
partitive manaansa manojaan
manojansa
inessive manassaan
manassansa 		manoissaan
manoissansa
elative manastaan
manastansa 		manoistaan
manoistansa
illative manaansa manoihinsa
adessive manallaan
manallansa 		manoillaan
manoillansa
ablative manaltaan
manaltansa 		manoiltaan
manoiltansa
allative manalleen
manallensa 		manoilleen
manoillensa
essive mananaan
mananansa 		manoinaan
manoinansa
translative manakseen
manaksensa 		manoikseen
manoiksensa
abessive manattaan
manattansa 		manoittaan
manoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — manoineen
manoinensa
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

mana

  1. mana

Anagrams

Hadza

Pronunciation

Noun

mana m

  1. a piece of meat

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

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *sumanat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sumaŋet, from Proto-Austronesian *sumaŋed.

Noun

mana

  1. religious power

Icelandic

Pronunciation

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

Borrowed from English mana, from a Polynesian language.

Noun

mana n (genitive singular mana, no plural)

  1. (gaming, role playing) mana
Declension
declension of mana
n-w singular
indefinite definite
nominative mana manað
accusative mana manað
dative mana mananu
genitive mana manans

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Adverb

mana

  1. where, which

Derived terms

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mana m (genitive singular mana, nominative plural manaí)

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

Declension

Declension of mana

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mana manaí
Vocative a mhana a mhanaí
Genitive mana manaí
Dative mana manaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an mana na manaí
Genitive an mhana na manaí
Dative leis an mana

don mhana

leis na manaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mana mhana not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Italiot Greek

Noun

mana f

  1. (Italiot Dialect) mother

Japanese

Romanization

mana

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

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

(deprecated template usage) mānā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of mānō

Latvian

Pronoun

mana

  1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular masculine form of mans
  2. (deprecated template usage) nominative singular feminine form of mans
  3. (deprecated template usage) vocative singular feminine form of mans

Verb

mana

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

Malay

Pronunciation

Adverb

mana

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

Usage notes

Only comes in the following form di mana (“at, in where”), ke mana (“to where”) and yang mana (“which one”).

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *sumanat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sumaŋet, from Proto-Austronesian *sumaŋed.

Noun

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.

Descendants

  • → English: mana

Neapolitan

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin manus.

Noun

mana f

  1. hand

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmana/

Verb

mana

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms
Alternative forms

Noun

mana m or n

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

Portuguese

Noun

mana f (plural manas)

  1. (colloquial, familiar) sister

Quechua

Particle

mana

  1. not
  2. no

See also

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *sumanat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sumaŋet, from Proto-Austronesian *sumaŋed.

Noun

mana

  1. power
  2. divine authority

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Turkish mahana, a dialectic variant of Turkish behane from Persian بهانه (bahâne, “excuse”). Related to Macedonian маана (maana), Bulgarian махана (mahana), Albanian mahanë - all borrowed from Ottoman Turkish.

Pronunciation

Noun

mána f (Cyrillic spelling ма́на)

  1. flaw, fault, 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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /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

Borrowed from English mana, itself from a Polynesian source.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /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

Spanish

Pronunciation

Verb

mana

  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.

Swedish

Verb

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

  1. to encourage or urge someone

Conjugation

Conjugation of mana (weak)
Active Passive
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.

See also

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Noun

mana

  1. heirloom, inheritance, heritage

Verb

mana (infinitive magmana)

  1. to inherit

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *sumanat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sumaŋet, from Proto-Austronesian *sumaŋed.

Noun

mana

  1. power
  2. respect given in accordance to power

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *sumanat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sumaŋet, from Proto-Austronesian *sumaŋed.

Pronunciation

Noun

mana

  1. miracle

Tunggare

Noun

mana

  1. water

References

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مَعْنًى (maʕnan) (plural: مَعَانٍ (maʕānin)).

Noun

mânâ (definite accusative manayı, plural manalar)

  1. meaning

Declension

Inflection
Nominative mana
Definite accusative manayı
Singular Plural
Nominative mana manalar
Definite accusative manayı manaları
Dative manaya manalara
Locative manada manalarda
Ablative manadan manalardan
Genitive mananın manaların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular manam manalarım
2nd singular manan manaların
3rd singular manası manaları
1st plural manamız manalarımız
2nd plural mananız manalarınız
3rd plural manaları manaları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular manamı manalarımı
2nd singular mananı manalarını
3rd singular manasını manalarını
1st plural manamızı manalarımızı
2nd plural mananızı manalarınızı
3rd plural manalarını manalarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular manama manalarıma
2nd singular manana manalarına
3rd singular manasına manalarına
1st plural manamıza manalarımıza
2nd plural mananıza manalarınıza
3rd plural manalarına manalarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular manamda manalarımda
2nd singular mananda manalarında
3rd singular manasında manalarında
1st plural manamızda manalarımızda
2nd plural mananızda manalarınızda
3rd plural manalarında manalarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular manamdan manalarımdan
2nd singular manandan manalarından
3rd singular manasından manalarından
1st plural manamızdan manalarımızdan
2nd plural mananızdan manalarınızdan
3rd plural manalarından manalarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular manamın manalarımın
2nd singular mananın manalarının
3rd singular manasının manalarının
1st plural manamızın manalarımızın
2nd plural mananızın manalarınızın
3rd plural manalarının manalarının
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular manayım manalarım
2nd singular manasın manalarsın
3rd singular mana
manadır 		manalar
manalardır
1st plural manayız manalarız
2nd plural manasınız manalarsınız
3rd plural manalar manalardır

Synonyms

Volapük

Noun

mana

  1. genitive singular of man

Yawa

Noun

mana

  1. water

References

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