Japanese

Romanization

Mana

1. rōmaji reading of まな

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmana/

Proper noun

Mana f ‎(genitive Manann, dative Manainn)

1. Isle of Man
2. Anglesey

Derived terms

• manannach

Descendants

• Irish: Manainn
• Manx: Mannin
• Scottish Gaelic: Manainn
• Breton: Manav
• Cornish: Manow
• Welsh: Manaw

Mutation

English

Noun

mana ‎(uncountable)

1. Power, prestige; specifically, a form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion that inheres in things or people. [from 19th c.]
   • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 193:

     But in popular estimation their essential virtue derived from the personal mana of the sovereign.

2. (fantasy role-playing games) Magical power.
   • 2007, "bear", Makes Lovely Julienne Ogres.... (on newsgroup rec.games.roguelike.angband)

     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, Fundamentals of Game Design (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.

3. Alternative spelling of manna

Etymology 2

Noun

mana ‎(plural manas)

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

Anagrams

• naam
• Nama

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈma.nə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈma.nə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈma.na/

Interjection

mana

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

Synonyms

• perdó?

Verb

mana

1. third-person singular present indicative form of manar
2. second-person singular imperative form of manar

Finnish

Etymology 1

Noun

mana

1. death, Death (personification of death)

Declension

Synonyms

• (death): kuolema, kuolo, tuoni

Derived terms

• nouns: manala
• verbs: manata, mennä manalle, mennä manan majoille

Etymology 2

Noun

mana

1. mana

Anagrams

• maan

Hadza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mana/

Noun

mana

1. meat

   manako unîko

   tasty meat

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mana

Noun

mana

1. religious power

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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

Etymology 2

From English mana, from a Polynesian language.

Noun

mana n ‎(genitive singular mana, no plural)

1. (gaming, role playing) mana

Declension

Indonesian

Adverb

mana

1. where, which

Derived terms

• di mana
• ke mana
• yang mana

Irish

Noun

mana m ‎(genitive singular mana)

1. motto

Declension

Mutation

References

• "mana" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Japanese

Romanization

mana

1. rōmaji reading of まな
2. rōmaji reading of マナ

Latin

Verb

mānā

1. first-person singular present active imperative of mānō

Latvian

Pronoun

mana

1. genitive singular masculine form of mans
2. nominative singular feminine form of mans
3. vocative singular feminine form of mans

Verb

mana

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

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /manə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /mana/
• Rhymes: -anə, -nə, -ə

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

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.

Neapolitan

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin manus.

Noun

mana f

1. hand

Northern Sami

Verb

mana

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

Portuguese

Noun

mana f (plural manas)

1. (colloquial, familiar) sister

Quechua

Particle

mana

1. not
2. no

See also

• -chu

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mana

Noun

mana

1. power
2. divine authority

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *mana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mǎːna/
• Hyphenation: ma‧na
• Rhymes: -ǎːna

Noun

mána f ‎(Cyrillic spelling ма́на)

1. fault, defect, shortcoming

Declension

Derived terms

• verbs: manisati

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

Etymology 3

From English mana, itself from a Polynesian source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mâna/
• Hyphenation: ma‧na

Noun

mȁna f ‎(Cyrillic spelling ма̏на)

1. mana

Declension

Spanish

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

See also

• anmana
• förmana
• maning
• uppmana

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.na/

Noun

mana

1. heirloom

Verb

mana ‎(infinitive magmana)

1. to inherit

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mana

Noun

mana

1. power
2. respect given in accordance to power

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mana

Noun

mana

1. miracle

Turkish

Etymology

From the Arabic مَعْنًى ‎(maʿnan) (plural: مَعَانٍ ‎(maʿānin)).

Noun

mânâ ‎(definite accusative manayı, plural manalar)

1. meaning

Synonyms

• anlam

Declension

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)