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Japanese
Romanization
manaka
- Rōmaji transcription of まなか
Uneapa
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *manaq (more commonly reconstructed as *mana).
Pronunciation
Noun
manaka
- spiritual power (also the name of the Uneapa mythological supreme being)
Further reading
- Jennifer Blythe, The Spirit and the Gifts: Dako, Benjamin Morrell and Cargo in the Vitiaz trading area, New Guinea (2017). Oceania (vol. 87, no. 1). McMaster University.