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manua

manua

Samoan Plantation Pidgin

Noun

manua

  1. warship

References

  • Mühlhäusler, Peter (1983). "Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin", in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh: The Social Context of Creolization, 28–76.

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Etymology

From English man-o'-war.

Noun

manua

  1. warship