manu

• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈmanʉː/

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:

     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, archived from the original on 2022-02-23:

     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.

• manu militari (etymologically unrelated)

manu

1. (interrogative) why

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.nu/

manu m (plural mani)

1. hand

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

manu

1. (interrogative) how much

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

manu (plural manumanu)

1. bird (animal)

From English manager, associated with the given name Manu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnu/,
• Rhymes: -ɑnu
• Hyphenation^(key): ma‧nu

manu (colloquial)

1. studio director

   Synonym: studio-ohjaaja

• “manu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• maun, muna, namu

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk.

manu

1. bird

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.nu/,

manu

1. bird (animal)

• manu aloha (“parrot”)
• manu hū (“hummingbird”)
• pahu manu (“cage”)

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

manû

1. chicken

manu

1. child

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

manu

1. bird (animal)

manu

1. debt

• Nina Kinti-Moss & Nematni Baltazar Masaquiza Chango, Kichwa-English-Spanish Dictionary

manu

1. chicken

• 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

manū f

1. ablative singular of manus

manu

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

manu

1. first-person singular present indicative of manīt

manu

1. chicken

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

manu

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

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

manu

1. bird; chicken

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

manu

1. water

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.nu/

manu f

1. mane

• mene

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

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

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

manu

1. bird

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

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

manu

1. bird (animal)

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

manu

1. hand

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

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.

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

manu

1. bird (animal)

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

manu

1. bird
2. chicken

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ma‧nu

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

manu

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

• (bird): manulele

manu

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ma.nu/

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)

• manu buna/manubuna