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1. nvs. Supernatural or divine power, mana, miraculous power; a powerful nation, authority; to give mana to, to make powerful; to have mana, power, authority; authorization, privilege; miraculous, divinely powerful, spiritual; possessed of mana, power.

• Examples:
  • Mana makua, parental authority.
  • Leo mana, voice of authority that is obeyed.
  • Mana kiaʻi, guardian power.
  • Mana loa, great power; almighty.
  • Noho mana, to wield power, occupy a position of power.
  • Ke kumu … i mana ai ka ʻaoʻao aliʻi, the reason for giving the chief's side power.
  • E mana ana nō i ke konohiki (Kep. 159), it is the privilege of the landlords.
  • E mana nō ma ka lā ʻumi, effective on the tenth day [as a law].
• Related:
  • hoʻomana Caus/sim.
    • a. To place in authority, empower, authorize. He bila e hoʻomana ana i ke koho ʻia o nā luna mākaʻi, a bill authorizing the election of district sheriffs. ʻO nā kānāwai i hoʻomana hou ʻia, laws re-enacted.
    • b. To worship; religion, sect. Hoʻomana Kepanī, Buddhist; Buddhism. Hoʻomana kiʻi, idolatry, idol worship. Hoʻomana Naʻauao, Christian Science. Hoʻomana o Iesu Kristo o nā Poʻe Hoʻāno o nā Lā Hope Nei, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Hoʻomana Palani (Farani), French religion; Catholicism. Hoʻomana Pīhopa (Bihopa), Episcopalian religion; literally, bishop's religion. Hoʻomana Pōʻaono, Seventh Day Adventist; literally, Saturday religion. PPN mana.
• References:
  • Cf. -āmana.

2. nvs. Branch, limb, crotch; crosspiece, as of the cross; a line projecting from another line; stream branch; road branch or fork, variant, version, as of a tale; to branch out, spread out.

• Related:
  • Mana weu lani, branch with divine foliage (a chief).
• References:
  • PPN manga .

3. n. Hook used in catching eels.

4. n. Stage in growth of fish in which colors appear; stage of a foetus in which limbs begin to develop.

5. n. A native fern (Hypolepis punctata 🌐), with large, much subdivided fronds. The dark-brown mature stems were used to plait the best hats, after being scraped to remove the pulp.

• Related:
  • Also: olua.

6. n. A variety of taro used in medicine; it propagates by branching from the top of the corm. (HP 23.) Mana may be qualified by descriptive terms.

7. n. A taboo house in a heiau.

• References:
  • Cf. ʻaha hele honua.

kikino Version, as of a computer program, network, etc.

• Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning