mana

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː.nə/, /ˈmæ-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.nə/, /ˈmæ-/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌ.nʌ/, /ˈma-/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːnə
• Hyphenation: ma‧na

Borrowed from Maori mana, ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.

The use of "mana" for "magical power" in videogames originated from Larry Niven, when he wrote the short story, "Not Long Before the End", in 1969. It was later popularised by his "The Magic Goes Away" setting.

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; […]

   • 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., page 61:

     The human tribe partakes of the mana or life-force of the animal, and is strengthened[].

   • 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, 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, 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, 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^[3] (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.

mana (plural manas)

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

mana (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of manna.

• mana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Nama, naam

• IPA^(key): [mɾ̃ã̄]

mana

1. a blessing

mana

1. to swallow

• Bassa-English Dictionary
• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

• Hyphenation: ma‧na
• IPA^(key): /ˈmana/ [ˈma.n̪a]

mana

1. to inherit

   Synonyms: eredar, lubos

mana

1. place

• Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 162
• Hein Steinhauer, "Going" and "Coming" in the Blagar of Dolap (Pura–Alor–Indonesia)

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈma.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈma.na]

mana

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

   Synonym: perdó?

mana

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

• humana

From human +‎ na, literally “it is finished”.

• IPA^(key): /maˈna/ [mɐˈn̪a]
• Hyphenation: ma‧na

maná (Badlit spelling ᜋᜈ)

1. (colloquial) specifies that the action is finished or completed

   Mana mi'g kaon. ― We are done eating.

   Mana ko'g luto og utan. ― I am done cooking vegetables.

Borrowed from Late Latin manna.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmana]
• Hyphenation: ma‧na
• Rhymes: -ana

mana f

1. (biblical) manna

• “mana”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “mana”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

mànǎ

1. water

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

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

mana

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝nɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ma‧na

Probably from Proto-Finnic *mana (compare Southern Sami muonese (“(good or bad) spirit, omen”)). Alternatively possibly a back-formation of manala, which could then originate from maan alla (“under the ground”).

mana

1. death, Death (personification of death)

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 manain rare
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 manaini rare 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 manaisi rare 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 manaimme rare 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 manainne rare 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 manainsa rare 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

• (death): kuolema, kuolo, tuoni

• nouns: manala (if not back-formation)
• verbs: manata, mennä manalle, mennä manan majoille

• “1. mana”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

From Maori mana.

mana

1. mana

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 manain rare
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 manaini rare 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 manaisi rare 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 manaimme rare 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 manainne rare 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 manainsa rare 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

• “2. mana”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[5] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

• Maan, maan

mana m (plural manas)

1. (religion) mana

• “mana”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

mana

1. to rebuke

• IPA^(key): /mana/

mana m

1. a piece of meat

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

From Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.

mana

1. religious power

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːna/
• Rhymes: -aːna

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *manōną. Possibly borrowed through Middle Low German or German mahnen (“to urge”).

mana (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative manaði, supine manað)

1. to dare (someone to do something)

Borrowed from English mana, from Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.

mana n (genitive singular mana, no plural)

1. (gaming, role playing) mana

Declension of mana
n-w	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	mana	manað
accusative	mana	manað
dative	mana	mananu
genitive	mana	manans

• IPA^(key): /ma.na/
• Hyphenation: ma‧na
• Rhymes: -na, -a

From Malay mana. Compare to Proto-Oceanic *mana (“and”).

mana

1. where, which
2. (colloquial) not, doesn't (negates meaning of verb)

From English mana, from Maori mana, ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana (“natural power; thunder, storm wind”).

mana (first-person possessive manaku, second-person possessive manamu, third-person possessive mananya)

1. mana: A form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion that inheres in things or people.

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

mana (first-person possessive manaku, second-person possessive manamu, third-person possessive mananya)

1. (biblical) manna: Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.

• “mana” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Old Irish manadh, from a Proto-Celtic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”), the source of Latin moneo (“I advise, warn”).^[1]

mana m (genitive singular mana, nominative plural manaí)

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

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.

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mana”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

From mano, with a vowel change by analogy of the word's gender. Compare Neapolitan mana, Romanian mână.

mana f (plural mane)

1. (regional) Alternative form of mano

Borrowed from English mana.

mana m (uncountable)

1. (fantasy roleplaying games) mana

mana f

1. mother

mana

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.naː/, [ˈmäːnäː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.na/, [ˈmäːnä]

mānā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of mānō

mana

1. inflection of mans:
   1. genitive singular masculine
   2. nominative/vocative singular feminine

mana

1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of manīt
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of manīt
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of manīt

mana

1. Latin spelling of მანა (mana)

mana

1. Alternative form of mána: older / oldest sister

• mn (SMS slang)

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

mana (Jawi spelling مان)

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

Occurs in the following constructions: di mana? (“where?”), dari mana? (“whence? from where?”), ke mana? (“whither?, to where?”), macam mana? (“how?”) and yang mana? (“which (one)?”).

• “mana” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.

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.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• → English: mana

From Middle Low German [Term?].

mana

1. to encourage, urge

• Norwegian Nynorsk: mana, mane (e infinitive)
• Norwegian Bokmål: mane

• “mana” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

mana

1. nose

Ultimately from Latin manus.

mana f

1. hand

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmana/

mana

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

From Middle Norwegian mana, from Middle Low German [Term?].

• mane (e infinitive)

mana (present tense manar, past tense mana, past participle mana, passive infinitive manast, present participle manande, imperative mana/man)

1. to encourage, urge

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mana

1. definite singular of man

• “mana” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

mana

1. genitive plural of man

mana

1. indefinite genitive plural of mǫn

From Proto-Cushitic *min- (“house, to build”). Cognates include Burji mina, Hadiyya mine and Sidamo mine.

mana

1. house

mana m or n

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

Borrowed from Maori mana, from Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.na/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: ma‧na

mana f

1. mana (form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion that inheres in things or people)
2. (fantasy roleplaying games) mana (magical power)

• mana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nɐ
• Hyphenation: ma‧na

Borrowed from Spanish mana, clipping of hermana (“sister”).

mana f (plural manas)

1. (colloquial, familiar) female equivalent of mano; sister

Borrowed from English mana, from Maori mana.

mana m or f (uncountable)

1. (religion) mana (form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion)
2. (fantasy roleplaying games) mana (magical power)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mana

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

• “mana”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “mana” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “mana”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “mana”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “mana”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

mana

1. not
2. no

• -chu

From Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.

mana

1. power
2. divine authority

mana

1. heritage

From a dialectal vulgarism of Ottoman Turkish بهانه (bahane), either in the form of "mahane" or "mana",^[1] from Persian بهانه (bahâne, “excuse”). Related to Macedonian маана (maana), Bulgarian махана (mahana), Albanian mahanë - all borrowed from Ottoman Turkish.

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

mána f (Cyrillic spelling ма́на)

1. flaw, fault, shortcoming

• verbs: manisati

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

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

mȁna f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏на)

1. manna

Borrowed from English mana, from Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.

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

mȁna f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏на)

1. mana

• IPA^(key): /ˈmana/ [ˈma.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: ma‧na

mana f (plural manas)

1. (slang, Mexico) female equivalent of mano

mana

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

mana f (plural manas)

1. manna

mana f (plural manas)

1. spring (of water)

• “mana”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

From Low German manen, from Old Saxon manon, from Proto-Germanic *manōną, cognate with Old English manian (“to remind”).

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

1. to encourage or urge (someone)

• anmana
• frammana
• förmana
• maning
• självmant
• uppmana
• utmana

mana c

1. mana (supernatural power)

• mana in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mana in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mana in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mana, *maña (“inherit; inheritance”). Compare Malay manah (“heritage”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmana/ [ˈmaː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: ma‧na

mana (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈ)

1. heirloom; inheritance; heritage

• “mana”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• Maan, ma- -an

From Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.

mana

1. power
2. respect given in accordance to power

From Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.

• IPA^(key): /ma.na/

mana

1. miracle

mana

1. water

• C. L. Voorhoeve, 1975. Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, p.120
• Bill Palmer, editor (2018), The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide, Padua: De Gruyter Mouton, →OCLC

From Ottoman Turkish معنا, from Arabic مَعْنًى (maʕnan) (plural: مَعَانٍ (maʕānin)).

• IPA^(key): /maːnaː/, [mɑːɲäː], (deprecated) [mɑːnɑː]

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mana (definite accusative manayı, plural manalar)

1. meaning

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

• anlam

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mana”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

mana

1. genitive singular of man

From Proto-Central Jê *mə̃nə̃ (“tail, penis”) < Proto-Cerrado *mbyn (“tail, penis”) < Proto-Jê *mbyn (“tail”).

IPA^(key): [mə̃nə̃]

mana

1. Form of bö (utterance-medial variant)

mana

1. water

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