mahana

mahana (plural mahanas)

1. Alternative form of meeana
   • 1933 December, Evan Cotton, “A Famous Calcutta Firm (The Story of Steuart & Co.)”, in Bengal Past and Present, Vol. XLVI, Pt. II, No. 92, p. 70:

     Stewart has lately made two for the King of Tanjore's sons, which, it is said, will cost near 10,000 Rs. each. They are Mahanas... with venetians, etc., etc. Bedding and Pillows of velvet as the Lining.

mahana

1. essive singular of maha

• ahmana, hamaan, maahan, mahaan

ma- +‎ hana (“warm”)

• IPA^(key): /maˈha.na/, [məˈhɐ.nə]

mahana

1. (stative) warm

mahana

1. warmth, heat
2. rest, repose, vacation
3. farm, plantation, patch
4. a class of chiefs

• hoʻomahana

• Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “mahana”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

ma- +‎ hana

mahana

1. cordial, warm

   He kuira, he hōro, he paraikete ō mātau hai huihi i a mātau i ngā pō kei te moe mātau, kia mahana ai mātau.

   We had quilts, shawls and blankets to cover us at night when we were sleeping, so that we were warm.

• “mahana” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

ma- +‎ hana

mahana

1. day

mahana

1. tepid, warm

• Rapanui-English Dictionary

ma- +‎ hana

mahana

1. day
2. sun

• Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
• “mahana” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.

ma- +‎ hana

mahana

1. (stative) warm

• Stimson, J. Frank (1965), A Dictionary of Some Tuamotuan Dialects of the Polynesian, The Hague: The Royal Institue of Linguistics and Anthropology.