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In the sense of a manufacturer; clipping of 'manufacturer'
manu (plural manus)
- (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[1]:
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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[2], archived from the original on 2022-02-23:
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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.
- (manufacturing) manufacturer
- 2022 May 13, Le Spirit Designs, “Breaking Up with my Pin Manu?? How to Find Manufacturers on Alibaba”, in Youtube[3]:
- 2023 November 11, Keishu13, “What is this type of pin called?”, in Reddit[4]:
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But I'm having trouble tracking down a manu using that term.
- 2024 June 1, Sano Eli ✧ prismono.com🪻 (@prismonoart), Twitter[5]:
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Currently waiting on just one more of the Final Fantasy Tarot Card enamel pins to finish, so my manu sent me this clip as a preview!
Brooke's Point Palawano[edit]
manu
- (interrogative) why
manu m (plural mani)
- hand
- “manu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
manu
- (interrogative) how much
From Proto-Central-Pacific *manu, from Proto-Oceanic *manuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.
manu (plural manumanu)
- bird (animal)
From English manager, associated with the given name Manu.
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑnu/, [ˈmɑ̝nu]
- Rhymes: -ɑnu
- Syllabification(key): ma‧nu
- Hyphenation(key): ma‧nu
manu (colloquial)
- studio director
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Synonym: studio-ohjaaja
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk.
manu
- bird
From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *manu, from Proto-Oceanic *manu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.
manu
- bird (animal)
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk (cf. Tagalog manok).
manû
- chicken
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
manu
- child
From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *manu, from Proto-Oceanic *manu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.
manu
- bird (animal)
manu
- debt
manu
- 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
- ablative singular of manus
manu
- inflection of mans:
- accusative/instrumental singular masculine/feminine
- genitive plural masculine/feminine
manu
- first-person singular present indicative of manīt
manu
- chicken
From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *manu, from Proto-Oceanic *manu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.
manu
- bird (animal)
- (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
- bird; chicken
- The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar, 2013, →ISBN, page 685
manu
- water
- J. &. M. Brown., Mussau grammar essentials (2007)
From Proto-West Germanic *manu. Near cognates include Old Norse mǫn and Old High German mana.
manu f
- mane
Strong u-stem:
Te manu.
From Proto-Polynesian *manu. Cognates include Hawaiian manu and Maori manu.
- IPA(key): /ˈma.nu/
- Hyphenation: ma‧nu
manu
- bird
- Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 52
- Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui[7], 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
- bird (animal)
From Latin manus. Compare Catalan mà, French main, Galician man, Italian mano, Occitan man, Portuguese mão, Romanian mână, Spanish mano.
manu
- hand
From Latin manus (“hand”). Compare ficu for a similar gender morphology.
manu f (plural manu)
- The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals; a hand.
- That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once.
- (card games) The set of cards held by a player.
- A round of a card game.
- (obsolete) A unit of measurement.
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Synonym: parmu
- Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
- An instance of helping.
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Turi ci desi na manu ad Alisia pi mòviri i mòbbili.
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Turi gave Alisia a hand to move the furniture.
- Handwriting; style of penmanship.
- Personal possession; ownership.
- (chiefly in the plural) Management, domain, control.
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È sutta ê manu mei.
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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
- bird (animal)
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, compare Malay manuk.
manu
- bird
- chicken
- IPA(key): [ˈma.nu]
- Hyphenation: ma‧nu
Te manu (1.1/1.2).
From Proto-Polynesian *manu. Cognates include Hawaiian manu and Samoan manu.
manu
- animal, beast
- (specifically) bird
- The upright piece of a canoe's front or back.
manu
- (transitive) to push
- (transitive) to strike
- R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[8], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 218
manu
- animal
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Pamphlets in the Tonga language, "Koe Hisitolia o Natula", page 58:
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Oku faa vahe ae kalasi huhu kihe faahiga e hiva, o behe:—
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1. Koe manu nima ua (Bimana)
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There are nine things like parts called the classes which have breasts, like so:—
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1. The animals with two hands (Bimana)
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