manua

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Murui Huitoto[edit]

manua
Root Classifier
manua- —

Etymology[edit]

From mano- (“to heal”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈmanuwa]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧nu‧a

Noun[edit]

manua (uncountable)

  1. the act of healing

Declension[edit]

Declension of manua
singular plural
Absolutive manua —
Nominative manuadɨ —
Accusative manuana —
Dative/Locative manuamo —
Ablative manuamona —
Instrumental manuado —
Causal manuari —
Privative manuanino —

References[edit]

  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎[1], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 135

Samoan Plantation Pidgin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English man-o'-war.

Noun[edit]

manua

  1. warship

References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English man-o'-war.

Noun[edit]

manua

  1. warship
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