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nvt., Thought, idea, belief, opinion, theory, thesis, intention, meaning, suggestion, mind (Mat. 22.37), desire, want; to think, estimate, anticipate, expect (see ex., leleʻoi), suppose, mediate, deem, consider (not the intellectual process of noʻonoʻo).

• Examples:
  • Kau nui ka manaʻo, think constantly, concentrate.
  • Eia koʻu manaʻo iāʻoe (beginning of a letter), this is my thought for you.
  • Ka mea i manaʻo ʻia, the one thought of [the intended victim of sorcery].
  • ʻO ka mea i hoʻopiʻi ʻia e manaʻo ʻia nō, ʻoia he kanaka maikaʻi nō, the accused party shall be presumed a good man.
• Related:
  • hoʻomanaʻo Caus/sim.;To remember, recall, commemorate, reflect deeply on, meditate.
    • See ʻōlelo hoʻomanaʻo.
    • Hoʻomanaʻo aloha, to remember with affection.
    • He hoʻomanaʻo, in memoriam.
    • Mea hoʻomanaʻo, souvenir, keepsake, reminder, memorandum.
    • Kia hoʻomanaʻo, monument, memorial tablet.
    • He mau ʻōlelo hoʻomanaʻo, notes.
• References:
  • See manaʻo nui.
  • PPN manako.