mahana

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English

Noun

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.

Finnish

Noun

mahana

  1. essive singular of maha

Anagrams

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mafana (compare with Maori mahana, Tongan mafana and Samoan mafana) affixed from *fana from Proto-Oceanic *panas (doublet of hana; compare also with Maori hana, Tahitian hana and hanahana) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *panas (compare with Malay panas).[1][2] Also reanalyzable as ma- +‎ hana (“warm”).

Pronunciation

Verb

mahana

  1. (stative) warm

Noun

mahana

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

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “fana.2”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  2. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 224

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mafana (compare with Tongan mafana and Samoan mafana) affixed from *fana from Proto-Oceanic *panas (doublet of hana, compare also with Tahitian hana and hanahana) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *panas (compare with Malay panas).[1][2] Also analyzable as ma- +‎ hana.

Adjective

mahana

  1. warm (of temperature)
    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.
  2. cordial (of atmosphere)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “fana.2”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  2. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 224

Further reading

  • Williams, Herbert William (1917) “mahana”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 189
  • “mahana” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Rapa Nui

Etymology

ma- +‎ hana

Noun

mahana

  1. day

Adjective

mahana

  1. tepid, warm

References

Tahitian

Etymology

ma- +‎ hana

Noun

mahana

  1. day
  2. sun

References

Tuamotuan

Etymology

ma- +‎ hana

Verb

mahana

  1. (stative) warm

References

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