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Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *fanaŋa (“story for entertainment, short repetitive chant”) – compare with Rapa Nui vānanga (“language”), Maori wānanga (“knowledge”), Tahitian vānaʻa (“knowledge”) and vanaʻa (“lore, story”).[1][2][3] Doublet of wālana.
Noun
wānana
- prophecy, foretell, foresight
- prediction, forecast
Verb
wānana
- to prophesize, to foretell, to foresight
- to predict
References
- ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “wānana”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 382
- ^ Wilson, William H. (2012 December) “Whence the East Polynesians? Further Linguistic Evidence for a Northern Outlier Source”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 51, number 2, page 305
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D. (2023) Andrew Pawley, editor, The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 6: People, Society, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 212; republished as Meredith Osmond, editor, (Please provide a date or year)