manawa

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Balinese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /manawə/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧na‧wa

Etymology 1

Unknown. Cognate of Javanese ꦩꦤꦮ (manawa, if).

Conjunction

manawa (Balinese script ᬫᬦᬯ)

  1. if

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mañawa (to breathe).

Adverb

manawa (Balinese script ᬫᬵᬦᬯ)

  1. human

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *manawa (compare with Tongan manava and Tahitian manava (both “belly”), Samoan manava (lower abdomen)), from Proto-Oceanic *mañawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manihawa, from *nihawa (compare with Malay nyawa (life), Central Dusun ginawo (heart) Tagalog ginhawa (comfort)), from Proto-Austronesian *NiSawa (breath, life force).

Pronunciation

Noun

manawa

  1. affections, feelings, disposition
    Hāliʻaliʻa mai ke aloha pili paʻa i kuʻu manawa.
    Recalling love dwelling firmly in my affections.
  2. heart (seat of emotions)
    Ke hoʻonakulu nei i kuʻu manawa, no kuʻu ipo paha kēia wela.
    Causing my heart to pitter-patter, perhaps this warmth is from my lover.
  3. time, turn
    Holoi au i nā pā i nā manawa a pau.
    I wish the dishes all the time.
  4. chronology

References

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “kuli”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 180
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “manawa.1”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 186-7

Javanese

Javanese register set
ꦏꦿꦩ (krama): manawi
ꦏꦿꦩꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (krama ngoko): yèn
ꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (ngoko): manawa

Conjunction

manawa

  1. if

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *manawa (compare with Tongan manava and Tahitian manava (both “belly”), Samoan manava (lower abdomen)), from Proto-Oceanic *mañawa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manihawa, from *nihawa (compare with Malay nyawa (live), Central Dusun ginawo (heart), Tagalog ginhawa (comfort)), from Proto-Austronesian *NiSawa (breath, life force). Compare also with ate and ngākau for similar connections of biology and emotion.

Noun

manawa

  1. (archaic) belly, stomach
    Synonyms: kōpū, puku
  2. heart (of a person)
    Kāore i takitaro e tū ana ka neke whakamuri tētahi o ngā waewae, kātahi ka maranga te ringa, ko te ākinga iho, ngangengange noa te manawa o tōna tāne i te naihi e mau ana i tōna ringa.
    She didn't stand there long before she moved one leg backwards, then raised her hand and thrust it down piercing the heart of her husband with the knife she held in her hand.
    1. heart (seat of affections)
      Ka pā te aroha ki te ngākau, ka hotu te manawa.
      I'm affected by concern and my heart sobs.
  3. breath
    Kua rere ake te manawa nei ki runga ki te ihu.
    The breath travels up to the nose.
  4. mind
  5. spirit

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 205
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “manawa.1”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 186-7

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From man- +‎ sawa.

Pronunciation

Verb

manawà (complete nanawa, progressive nananawa, contemplative mananawa, 3rd actor trigger, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈᜏ)

  1. to be fed up; to lose interest or appetite on something due to excess

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for manawa (Class III) - mang intransitive verb
root word sawa
trigger affix aspect
infinitive complete progressive contemplative recently complete
actor mang- manawa nanawa nananawa mananawa kapananawa1
kakapanawa
kapapanawa


locative pang- -an panawaan pinanawaan pinananawaan
pinapanawaan
pananawaan
papanawaan
⁠—
benefactive ipang- ipanawa ipinanawa ipinapanawa ipapanawa ⁠—
instrument ipang- ipansawa ipinansawa ipinapansawa ipapansawa ⁠—
causative ikapang- ikapanawa ikinapanawa ikinapananawa1
ikinakapanawa
ikapananawa1
ikakapanawa
⁠—

1 Used in formal contexts. 2 Dialectal use only.

Social (maki-) verb forms
form affix aspect
infinitive complete progressive contemplative
direct makipang- makipanawa nakipanawa nakikipanawa makikipanawa
indirect makipagpa- makipagpasawa nakipagpasawa nakikipagpasawa makikipagpasawa