different between mana vs maca

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??.n?/, /?mæ-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?.n?/, /?mæ-/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?m?.n?/, /?ma-/
• Rhymes: -??n?
• Hyphenation: ma?na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Maori mana, ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.

Noun

mana (usually uncountable, plural manas)

1. Power, prestige; specifically, a form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion that inheres in things or people. [from 19th c.]
   • 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:

     But in popular estimation their essential virtue derived from the personal mana of the sovereign.
2. (fantasy role-playing games) Magical power.

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

mana (plural manas)

1. Alternative form of mina (“ancient unit of weight or currency”).

Etymology 3

Noun

mana (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of manna.

Further reading

• mana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Nama, naam

Bassa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [m??ã?]

Noun

mana

1. a blessing

Verb

mana

1. to swallow

References

• Bassa-English Dictionary
• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma.na/

Noun

mana

1. heirloom, inheritance, heritage

Verb

mana (infinitive magmana)

1. to inherit

Blagar

Noun

mana

1. place

References

• Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 162
• Hein Steinhauer, "Going" and "Coming" in the Blagar of Dolap (Pura–Alor–Indonesia)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?ma.n?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ma.na/

Interjection

mana

1. sorry, pardon (I did not hear you)

Synonyms

• perdó?

Verb

mana

1. third-person singular present indicative form of manar
2. second-person singular imperative form of manar

Czech

Etymology

From Late Latin manna

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mana]
• Hyphenation: ma?na
• Rhymes: -ana

Noun

mana

1. manna

Declension

Further reading

• mana in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• mana in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Denya

Noun

màn?

1. water

Further reading

• Tanyi Eyong Mbuagbaw, The Denya Noun Class System, in the Journal of West African Languages

Fijian

Noun

mana

1. sign, omen
2. miracle, wonder (use cakamana to specify this meaning)
3. antidote (use mana kina to specify this meaning)
4. (biblical) manna

Adverb

mana

1. so be it, let it be so (addressed to a heathen deity)

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?n?/, [?m?n?]
• Rhymes: -?n?
• Syllabification: ma?na

Etymology 1

Unknown. Possibly a back-formation of manala, which could then originate from maan alla (“under the ground”), but this is untenable if the proposed Samic cognates are correct (such as Southern Sami muonese (“(good or bad) spirit, omen”)).

Noun

mana

1. death, Death (personification of death)

Declension

Synonyms

• (death): kuolema, kuolo, tuoni

Derived terms

• nouns: manala (if not back-formation)
• verbs: manata, mennä manalle, mennä manan majoille

Etymology 2

From Maori mana.

Noun

mana

1. mana

Declension

Anagrams

• Maan, maan

Garo

Verb

mana

1. to rebuke

Hadza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mana/

Noun

mana m

1. a piece of meat

See also manako (meat), manabee (body), manae (to go to where there is meat)

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.

Noun

mana

1. religious power

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?na/
• Rhymes: -a?na

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *man?n?. Possibly borrowed through Middle Low German or German mahnen (“to urge”).

Verb

mana (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative manaði, supine manað)

1. to dare (someone to do something)

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English mana, from Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.

Noun

mana n (genitive singular mana, no plural)

1. (gaming, role playing) mana

Declension

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.na/

Adverb

mana

1. where, which

Derived terms

• dari mana
• di mana
• ke mana
• yang mana

Further reading

• “mana” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish manadh, from a Proto-Celtic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”), the source of Latin moneo (“I advise, warn”).

Noun

mana m (genitive singular mana, nominative plural manaí)

1. portent, sign
2. attitude, outlook
3. motto

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "mana" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

References

Italiot Greek

Noun

mana f

1. mother

Japanese

Romanization

mana

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ma?.na?/, [?mä?nä?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ma.na/, [?m??n?]

Verb

m?n?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of m?n?

Latvian

Pronoun

mana

1. genitive singular masculine form of mans
2. nominative singular feminine form of mans
3. vocative singular feminine form of mans

Verb

mana

1. 3rd person singular present indicative form of man?t
2. 3rd person plural present indicative form of man?t
3. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of man?t
4. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of man?t

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /man?/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /mana/
• Rhymes: -an?, -n?, -?

Adverb

mana (Jawi spelling ????)

1. where (incomplete without ke, di or dari)
2. which (used with yang)

Usage notes

Only comes in the following form di mana (“at, in where”), ke mana (“to where”) and yang mana (“which one”).

Further reading

• “mana” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.

Noun

mana

1. power; mana
   • 2006, Joanne Barker, Sovereignty Matters, page 208:

     In 1979 a gathering of elders at the Waananga kaumatua affirmed te reo Maori “Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Maori” the language is the life principle of Maori mana.

Descendants

• ? English: mana

Middle Norwegian

Etymology

From Middle Low German [Term?].

Verb

mana

1. to encourage, urge

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: mana, mane
• Norwegian Bokmål: mane

References

• “mana” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Neapolitan

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin manus.

Noun

mana f

1. hand

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?mana/

Verb

mana

1. inflection of mannat:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. imperative connegative

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Middle Norwegian mana, from Middle Low German [Term?].

Alternative forms

• mane (e infinitive)

Verb

mana (present tense manar, past tense mana, past participle mana, passive infinitive manast, present participle manande, imperative man)

1. to encourage, urge

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

mana

1. definite singular of man

References

• “mana” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Noun

mana

1. indefinite genitive plural of m?n

Oromo

Noun

mana

1. house

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

mana m or n

1. Interpretation of many of the inflectional forms of manas (“mind”)
2. vocative singular of manas

Portuguese

Noun

mana f (plural manas)

1. (colloquial, familiar) sister

Quechua

Particle

mana

1. not
2. no

See also

• -chu

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.

Noun

mana

1. power
2. divine authority

Sambali

Noun

mana

1. heritage

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Turkish mahana, a dialectic variant of Turkish behane from Persian ?????? (bahâne, “excuse”). Related to Macedonian ????? (maana), Bulgarian ?????? (mahana), Albanian mahanë - all borrowed from Ottoman Turkish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??na/
• Hyphenation: ma?na
• Rhymes: -??na

Noun

mána f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. flaw, fault, shortcoming

Declension

Derived terms

• verbs: manisati

Etymology 2

From Latin manna, from Ancient Greek ????? (mánna), from Hebrew ??? (m?n, “'manna”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mâna/
• Hyphenation: ma?na

Noun

m?na f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. manna

Declension

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English mana, from Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mâna/
• Hyphenation: ma?na

Noun

m?na f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. mana

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mana/, [?ma.na]

Verb

mana

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of manar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of manar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of manar.

Swedish

Etymology

From Low German manen, from Old Saxon manon, from Proto-Germanic *man?n?, cognate with Old English manian (“to remind”).

Verb

mana (present manar, preterite manade, supine manat, imperative mana)

1. to encourage or urge someone

Conjugation

See also

• anmana
• förmana
• maning
• uppmana

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma.na/

Noun

mana

1. heirloom, inheritance, heritage

Verb

mana (infinitive magmana)

1. to inherit

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.

Noun

mana

1. power
2. respect given in accordance to power

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.na/

Noun

mana

1. miracle

Tunggare

Noun

mana

1. water

References

• C. L. Voorhoeve, 1975. Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, p.120
• Bill Palmer, editor (2018) The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide, Padua: De Gruyter Mouton, OCLC 1050042990

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (ma?nan) (plural: ???????? (ma??nin)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma??a?/, /ma?na?/

Noun

mânâ (definite accusative manay?, plural manalar)

1. meaning

Declension

Synonyms

• anlam

Volapük

Noun

mana

1. genitive singular of man

Xavante

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [m??n??]

Etymology

From Proto-Central Jê *m??n?? (“tail, penis”) < Proto-Cerrado *mbyn (“tail, penis”) < Proto-Jê *mbyn (“tail”).

Noun

mana

1. Form of bö (utterance-medial variant)

Yawa

Noun

mana

1. water

References

• Andrew Pawley, Papuan Pasts: Cultural, Linguistic and Biological Histories of Papuan-Speaking Peoples (2005)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish from Quechua maqa.

Noun

maca (uncountable)

1. The Andean medicinal herb Lepidium meyenii, or an extract of the root of this plant.
   • 2009, M. Hermann and T. Bernet, The transition of maca from neglect to market prominence, page 18:

     The overwhelming majority of maca roots are dried after harvest. In the cold, dry atmosphere of the puna the dried roots remain edible for several years. A minor proportion of the freshly harvested roots are roasted in huatias, earthen ovens […]

Synonyms

• Peruvian ginseng

Translations

See also

• Lepidium meyenii on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• AACM, ACMA, Cama, MCAA, cama

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m????/

Pronoun

macá

1. what? (inanimate)

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Arabela

Noun

maca (plural macaca)

1. stick

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?ma.k?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ma.ka/

Adjective

maca

1. feminine singular of maco

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *maka, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *makaC.

Verb

maca

1. give

Drehu

Noun

maca

1. right (direction)

References

• Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "?De’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Finnish

Noun

maca

1. maca, Peruvian ginseng, Lepidium meyenii

Declension

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?ak?/

Noun

maca

1. vocative plural of mac

Mutation

Javanese

Etymology

N- +? waca (“to read”)

Verb

maca (ngoko maca, krama maos)

1. to read

References

• "maca" in W. J. S. Poerwadarminta, Bausastra Jawa. J. B. Wolters' Uitgevers-Maatschappij N. V. Groningen, Batavia, 1939

Paiwan

Alternative forms

• matsa

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *maCa.

Noun

maca

1. eye

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma.t?sa/

Verb

maca

1. third-person singular present of maca?

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hamaca.

Noun

maca f (plural macas)

1. stretcher (simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured or dead person)
2. gurney (wheeled bed used in hospitals)
3. sailor’s hammock

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *maca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??t?sa/
• Hyphenation: ma?ca

Noun

máca f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. (hypocoristic) cat, kitty

Declension

Synonyms

• (cat): ma?ka

References

• “maca” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Spanish

Etymology

From Quechua maqa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?maka/, [?ma.ka]

Noun

maca f (plural macas)

1. maca (Andean herb)

Further reading

• “maca” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.