"mana" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɑː.nə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmæ-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmɑ.nə/ [General-American], /ˈmæ-/ [General-American], /ˈmʌ.nʌ/ [New-Zealand], /ˈma-/ [New-Zealand] Audio: En-us-mana.ogg Forms: manas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːnə Etymology: Borrowed from Maori mana, ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|mi|mana}} Maori mana, {{der|en|poz-pol-pro|*mana}} Proto-Polynesian *mana, {{der|en|poz-oce-pro|*mana}} Proto-Oceanic *mana Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} mana (usually uncountable, plural manas)
  1. Power, prestige; specifically, a form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion that inheres in things or people. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Dungeons & Dragons Translations (Translations): 吗那 (Chinese Mandarin), 魔力 (mólì) (Chinese Mandarin), 超自然力量 (Chinese Mandarin), 魔力 (maryoku) (Japanese), マナ (mana) (Japanese), mana [feminine] (Polish), maná [masculine] (Spanish), mana [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-mana-en-noun-d22fiYd~ Disambiguation of Dungeons & Dragons: 54 9 12 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 5 10 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 73 5 9 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 100 0
  2. (fantasy roleplaying games) Magical power. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Fantasy, Role-playing games
    Sense id: en-mana-en-noun-frd6G9kG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mana flood, mana glut, mana point, mana screw, mana shuffle, mana weave
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɑː.nə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmæ-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmɑ.nə/ [General-American], /ˈmæ-/ [General-American], /ˈmʌ.nʌ/ [New-Zealand], /ˈma-/ [New-Zealand] Audio: En-us-mana.ogg Forms: manas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːnə Head templates: {{en-noun}} mana (plural manas)
  1. Alternative form of mina (“ancient unit of weight or currency”). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: mina (extra: ancient unit of weight or currency)
    Sense id: en-mana-en-noun-PkiLsKdl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɑː.nə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmæ-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmɑ.nə/ [General-American], /ˈmæ-/ [General-American], /ˈmʌ.nʌ/ [New-Zealand], /ˈma-/ [New-Zealand] Audio: En-us-mana.ogg
Rhymes: -ɑːnə Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} mana (uncountable)
  1. Alternative spelling of manna. Tags: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Alternative form of: manna
    Sense id: en-mana-en-noun-i7b8Yz9Q
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1862 January 25, Thomas H. Smith, “No. 4: Second Report from T. H. Smith, Esq., R.M.”, in Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand. From the Seventh Day of July to the Fifteenth Day of September, 1862 both Days Inclusive. In the Twenty-sixth Day of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. Being the Second Session of the Third Parliament of New Zealand, Wellington: Printed by W. C. Wilson for the House of Representatives, at the printing office, Shortland Crescent, Auckland, →OCLC, pages 10 and 12",
          "text": "[page 10] I have the honor to report, for the information of the Government, the result of my visit to Maketu and the Lake District, and the preliminary arrangements made for introducing the new system of Government for the Natives. […] [page 12] They further required that a certain number of the old Chiefs should be liberally pensioned by the Government, and placed upon a footing of equality with European gentlemen of independent means, in consideration of their resigning their \"mana\" as Chiefs in favor of the new system; […]",
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          "ref": "1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., page 61",
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          "ref": "1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in 16th and 17th Century England, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, OCLC 71368859; republished London: Folio Society, 2012, OCLC 805007047, page 193",
          "text": "But in popular estimation their essential virtue derived from the personal mana of the sovereign."
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          "ref": "1999, Pat Hohepa, “My Musket, My Missionary and My Mana”, in Alex Calder, Jonathan Lamb, Bridget Orr, editors, Voyages and Beaches: Pacific Encounters, 1769–1840, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, page 197",
          "text": "It can be seen, therefore, that mana is a nonvisible changing measure; it can remain static, increase, or decrease, depending on the actions or inaction of the recipient, and it can be enhanced or diminished. […] One can speak of the mana of a warrior, the mana of a woman leader, the mana of a child prodigy.",
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          "ref": "2001 September, Aldo Matteucci, “Language and Diplomacy – A Practitioner's View”, in Jovan Kurbalija, Hannah Slavik, editors, Language and Diplomacy, Malta: DiploProjects, Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies, University of Malta, page 61",
          "text": "Among the Maori sovereignty was the result of mana—power based on hereditary rank and personal achievement. Manas could coexist and overlap, as they did in the medieval times in Europe.",
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          "ref": "2012, Harold Hill, “Te Ope Whakaora, the Army that Brings Life: The Salvation Army and Māori”, in Hugh [Douglas] Morrison, Lachy Paterson, Brett Knowles, Murray Rae, editors, Mana Māori and Christianity, Wellington: Huia Publishers",
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          "ref": "2010, Ernest Adams, “Artifical Life and Puzzle Games”, in Fundamentals of Game Design, 2nd edition, Berkeley, Calif.: New Riders, page 580",
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          "ref": "1862 January 25, Thomas H. Smith, “No. 4: Second Report from T. H. Smith, Esq., R.M.”, in Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand. From the Seventh Day of July to the Fifteenth Day of September, 1862 both Days Inclusive. In the Twenty-sixth Day of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. Being the Second Session of the Third Parliament of New Zealand, Wellington: Printed by W. C. Wilson for the House of Representatives, at the printing office, Shortland Crescent, Auckland, →OCLC, pages 10 and 12",
          "text": "[page 10] I have the honor to report, for the information of the Government, the result of my visit to Maketu and the Lake District, and the preliminary arrangements made for introducing the new system of Government for the Natives. […] [page 12] They further required that a certain number of the old Chiefs should be liberally pensioned by the Government, and placed upon a footing of equality with European gentlemen of independent means, in consideration of their resigning their \"mana\" as Chiefs in favor of the new system; […]",
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        },
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          "ref": "1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., page 61",
          "text": "The human tribe partakes of the mana or life-force of the animal, and is strengthened[].",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in 16th and 17th Century England, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, OCLC 71368859; republished London: Folio Society, 2012, OCLC 805007047, page 193",
          "text": "But in popular estimation their essential virtue derived from the personal mana of the sovereign."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999, Pat Hohepa, “My Musket, My Missionary and My Mana”, in Alex Calder, Jonathan Lamb, Bridget Orr, editors, Voyages and Beaches: Pacific Encounters, 1769–1840, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, page 197",
          "text": "It can be seen, therefore, that mana is a nonvisible changing measure; it can remain static, increase, or decrease, depending on the actions or inaction of the recipient, and it can be enhanced or diminished. […] One can speak of the mana of a warrior, the mana of a woman leader, the mana of a child prodigy.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2001 September, Aldo Matteucci, “Language and Diplomacy – A Practitioner's View”, in Jovan Kurbalija, Hannah Slavik, editors, Language and Diplomacy, Malta: DiploProjects, Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies, University of Malta, page 61",
          "text": "Among the Maori sovereignty was the result of mana—power based on hereditary rank and personal achievement. Manas could coexist and overlap, as they did in the medieval times in Europe.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Harold Hill, “Te Ope Whakaora, the Army that Brings Life: The Salvation Army and Māori”, in Hugh [Douglas] Morrison, Lachy Paterson, Brett Knowles, Murray Rae, editors, Mana Māori and Christianity, Wellington: Huia Publishers",
          "text": "On a number of occasions in recent years apologies have been offered to Māori because of past offences to their mana and invasions of their rights as tangata whenua.",
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