manu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "manu"
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English

Etymology

In the sense of a manufacturer; clipping of 'manufacturer'

Pronunciation

Noun

manu (plural manus)

  1. (New Zealand, diving) A method of diving similar to a cannonball/bomb but with the lower back entering the water first, causing a large splash.
    • 2013 February 22, Elisha Rolleston, “Best water bombs: Nothin' but manus”, in Stuff‎[1]:
      For those that don't know what a manu is, you've got your standard bomb, which everyone does, where you curl up and enter the water feet first. But a manu is when you are in a v-shape and essentially your tailbone or lower back enters the water first while you hold that v-shape.
    • 2022 February 23, Diane McCarthy, “Special space allocated for manus after near drowning”, in RNZ‎[2], archived from the original on 23 February 2022:
      An area of the outdoor pool at Whakatāne Aquatic Centre has been set aside for manus (bombing) after a nine-year-old boy nearly drowned last month.
  2. (manufacturing) manufacturer
    • 2022 May 13, Le Spirit Designs, “Breaking Up with my Pin Manu?? How to Find Manufacturers on Alibaba”, in Youtube‎[3]:
    • 2023 November 11, Keishu13, “What is this type of pin called?”, in Reddit‎[4]:
      But I'm having trouble tracking down a manu using that term.
    • 2024 June 1, Sano Eli ✧ prismono.com🪻 (@prismonoart), Twitter‎[5]:
      Currently waiting on just one more of the Final Fantasy Tarot Card enamel pins to finish, so my manu sent me this clip as a preview!

See also

Brooke's Point Palawano

Pronoun

manu

  1. (interrogative) why

Corsican

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.nu/

Noun

manu m (plural mani)

  1. hand

Further reading

  • “manu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Dibabawon Manobo

Pronoun

manu

  1. (interrogative) how much

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *manu, from Proto-Oceanic *manuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Noun

manu (plural manumanu)

  1. bird (animal)

Finnish

Etymology

From English manager, associated with the given name Manu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑnu/, [ˈmɑ̝nu]
  • Rhymes: -ɑnu
  • Syllabification(key): ma‧nu
  • Hyphenation(key): ma‧nu

Noun

manu (colloquial)

  1. studio director
    Synonym: studio-ohjaaja

Declension

Inflection of manu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative manu manut
genitive manun manujen
partitive manua manuja
illative manuun manuihin
singular plural
nominative manu manut
accusative nom. manu manut
gen. manun
genitive manun manujen
partitive manua manuja
inessive manussa manuissa
elative manusta manuista
illative manuun manuihin
adessive manulla manuilla
ablative manulta manuilta
allative manulle manuille
essive manuna manuina
translative manuksi manuiksi
abessive manutta manuitta
instructive — manuin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of manu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative manuni manuni
accusative nom. manuni manuni
gen. manuni
genitive manuni manujeni
partitive manuani manujani
inessive manussani manuissani
elative manustani manuistani
illative manuuni manuihini
adessive manullani manuillani
ablative manultani manuiltani
allative manulleni manuilleni
essive manunani manuinani
translative manukseni manuikseni
abessive manuttani manuittani
instructive — —
comitative — manuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative manusi manusi
accusative nom. manusi manusi
gen. manusi
genitive manusi manujesi
partitive manuasi manujasi
inessive manussasi manuissasi
elative manustasi manuistasi
illative manuusi manuihisi
adessive manullasi manuillasi
ablative manultasi manuiltasi
allative manullesi manuillesi
essive manunasi manuinasi
translative manuksesi manuiksesi
abessive manuttasi manuittasi
instructive — —
comitative — manuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative manumme manumme
accusative nom. manumme manumme
gen. manumme
genitive manumme manujemme
partitive manuamme manujamme
inessive manussamme manuissamme
elative manustamme manuistamme
illative manuumme manuihimme
adessive manullamme manuillamme
ablative manultamme manuiltamme
allative manullemme manuillemme
essive manunamme manuinamme
translative manuksemme manuiksemme
abessive manuttamme manuittamme
instructive — —
comitative — manuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative manunne manunne
accusative nom. manunne manunne
gen. manunne
genitive manunne manujenne
partitive manuanne manujanne
inessive manussanne manuissanne
elative manustanne manuistanne
illative manuunne manuihinne
adessive manullanne manuillanne
ablative manultanne manuiltanne
allative manullenne manuillenne
essive manunanne manuinanne
translative manuksenne manuiksenne
abessive manuttanne manuittanne
instructive — —
comitative — manuinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative manunsa manunsa
accusative nom. manunsa manunsa
gen. manunsa
genitive manunsa manujensa
partitive manuaan
manuansa 		manujaan
manujansa
inessive manussaan
manussansa 		manuissaan
manuissansa
elative manustaan
manustansa 		manuistaan
manuistansa
illative manuunsa manuihinsa
adessive manullaan
manullansa 		manuillaan
manuillansa
ablative manultaan
manultansa 		manuiltaan
manuiltansa
allative manulleen
manullensa 		manuilleen
manuillensa
essive manunaan
manunansa 		manuinaan
manuinansa
translative manukseen
manuksensa 		manuikseen
manuiksensa
abessive manuttaan
manuttansa 		manuittaan
manuittansa
instructive — —
comitative — manuineen
manuinensa

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

Galoli

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk.

Noun

manu

  1. bird

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *manu, from Proto-Oceanic *manu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.nu/, [ˈmɐ.nu]

Noun

manu

  1. bird (animal)

Derived terms

  • manu aloha (“lovebird, parrot”)
  • manu hū (“hummingbird”)
  • pahu manu (“cage”)
  • Pihemanu (“the loud din of birds, Midway Islands”)

Ibanag

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk (cf. Tagalog manok).

Noun

manû

  1. chicken

Kanakanabu

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

manu

  1. child

Kapingamarangi

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *manu, from Proto-Oceanic *manu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Noun

manu

  1. bird (animal)

Kichwa

Noun

manu

  1. debt

References

Laboya

Noun

manu

  1. chicken

References

  • Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “manu”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 65

Latin

Noun

manū f

  1. ablative singular of manus

Latvian

Pronoun

manu

  1. inflection of mans:
    1. accusative/instrumental singular masculine/feminine
    2. genitive plural masculine/feminine

Verb

manu

  1. first-person singular present indicative of manīt

Lindu

Noun

manu

  1. chicken

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *manu, from Proto-Oceanic *manu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Noun

manu

  1. bird (animal)
  2. (figuratively) a person held in high esteem

References

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

Mori Bawah

Noun

manu

  1. bird; chicken

References

  • The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar, 2013, →ISBN, page 685

Mussau-Emira

Noun

manu

  1. water

References

  • J. &. M. Brown., Mussau grammar essentials (2007)

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *manu. Near cognates include Old Norse mǫn and Old High German mana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.nu/

Noun

manu f

  1. mane

Declension

Strong u-stem:

singular plural
nominative manu mana
accusative manu mana
genitive mana mana
dative mana manum

Descendants

  • Middle English: mane, mayn
    • English: mane
    • Scots: mane

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *manu. Cognates include Hawaiian manu and Maori manu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.nu/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧nu

Noun

manu

  1. bird

Derived terms

References

  • Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 52
  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎[7], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 218

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *manu, from Proto-Oceanic *manu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Noun

manu

  1. bird (animal)

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin manus. Compare Catalan mà, French main, Galician man, Italian mano, Occitan man, Portuguese mão, Romanian mână, Spanish mano.

Noun

manu

  1. hand

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin manus (“hand”). Compare ficu for a similar gender morphology.

Noun

manu f (plural manu)

  1. The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals; a hand.
  2. That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once.
    2. (card games) The set of cards held by a player.
      1. A round of a card game.
    3. (obsolete) A unit of measurement.
    Synonym: parmu
  3. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
  4. An instance of helping.
    Turi ci desi na manu ad Alisia pi mòviri i mòbbili.
    Turi gave Alisia a hand to move the furniture.
  5. Handwriting; style of penmanship.
  6. Personal possession; ownership.
  7. (chiefly in the plural) Management, domain, control.
    È sutta ê manu mei.
    He/she is under my hands.

Derived terms

  • a manu a manu
  • manata
  • manijari
  • manijatu
  • manijàrisi
  • manu dritta
  • manu manca
  • manu nnâ cuscienza

See also

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *manu, from Proto-Oceanic *manu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

Noun

manu

  1. bird (animal)
  2. winged insect

Derived terms

  • manu pātia (“bee, wasp”)
  • manumanu (“insect”)
  • manureva (“airplane”)

Further reading

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, compare Malay manuk.

Noun

manu

  1. bird
  2. chicken

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈma.nu]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧nu

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *manu. Cognates include Hawaiian manu and Samoan manu.

Noun

manu

  1. animal, beast
  2. (specifically) bird
  3. The upright piece of a canoe's front or back.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Noun

manu

  1. (transitive) to push
  2. (transitive) to strike

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[8], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 218

Tongan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.nu/

Noun

manu

  1. animal
    Pamphlets in the Tonga language, "Koe Hisitolia o Natula", page 58:
    Oku faa vahe ae kalasi huhu kihe faahiga e hiva, o behe:—
    1. Koe manu nima ua (Bimana)
    There are nine things like parts called the classes which have breasts, like so:—
    1. The animals with two hands (Bimana)

Derived terms

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