mana
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Borrowed from Maori mana, ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.
The use of "mana" for "magical power" in videogames originated from Larry Niven, when he wrote the short story, "Not Long Before the End", in 1969. It was later popularised by his "The Magic Goes Away" setting.
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maná (Badlit spelling ᜋᜈ)
Borrowed from Late Latin manna.
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Probably from Proto-Finnic *mana (compare Southern Sami muonese (“(good or bad) spirit, omen”)). Alternatively possibly a back-formation of manala, which could then originate from maan alla (“under the ground”).
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Inflection of mana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | mana | manat | |
genitive | manan | manojen | |
partitive | manaa | manoja | |
illative | manaan | manoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | mana | manat | |
accusative | nom. | mana | manat |
gen. | manan | ||
genitive | manan | manojen manain rare | |
partitive | manaa | manoja | |
inessive | manassa | manoissa | |
elative | manasta | manoista | |
illative | manaan | manoihin | |
adessive | manalla | manoilla | |
ablative | manalta | manoilta | |
allative | manalle | manoille | |
essive | manana | manoina | |
translative | manaksi | manoiksi | |
abessive | manatta | manoitta | |
instructive | — | manoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Inflection of mana (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | mana | manat | |
genitive | manan | manojen | |
partitive | manaa | manoja | |
illative | manaan | manoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | mana | manat | |
accusative | nom. | mana | manat |
gen. | manan | ||
genitive | manan | manojen manain rare | |
partitive | manaa | manoja | |
inessive | manassa | manoissa | |
elative | manasta | manoista | |
illative | manaan | manoihin | |
adessive | manalla | manoilla | |
ablative | manalta | manoilta | |
allative | manalle | manoille | |
essive | manana | manoina | |
translative | manaksi | manoiksi | |
abessive | manatta | manoitta | |
instructive | — | manoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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mana m (plural manas)
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See also manako (meat), manabee (body), manae (to go to where there is meat)
From Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.
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Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *manōną. Possibly borrowed through Middle Low German or German mahnen (“to urge”).
mana (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative manaði, supine manað)
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að mana | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
manað | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
manandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég mana | við mönum | present (nútíð) |
ég mani | við mönum |
þú manar | þið manið | þú manir | þið manið | ||
hann, hún, það manar | þeir, þær, þau mana | hann, hún, það mani | þeir, þær, þau mani | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég manaði | við mönuðum | past (þátíð) |
ég manaði | við mönuðum |
þú manaðir | þið mönuðuð | þú manaðir | þið mönuðuð | ||
hann, hún, það manaði | þeir, þær, þau mönuðu | hann, hún, það manaði | þeir, þær, þau mönuðu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
mana (þú) | manið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
manaðu | maniði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að manast | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
manast | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
manandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég manast | við mönumst | present (nútíð) |
ég manist | við mönumst |
þú manast | þið manist | þú manist | þið manist | ||
hann, hún, það manast | þeir, þær, þau manast | hann, hún, það manist | þeir, þær, þau manist | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég manaðist | við mönuðumst | past (þátíð) |
ég manaðist | við mönuðumst |
þú manaðist | þið mönuðust | þú manaðist | þið mönuðust | ||
hann, hún, það manaðist | þeir, þær, þau mönuðust | hann, hún, það manaðist | þeir, þær, þau mönuðust | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
manast (þú) | manist (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
manastu | manisti * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
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masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
manaður | mönuð | manað | manaðir | manaðar | mönuð | |
accusative (þolfall) |
manaðan | manaða | manað | manaða | manaðar | mönuð | |
dative (þágufall) |
mönuðum | manaðri | mönuðu | mönuðum | mönuðum | mönuðum | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
manaðs | manaðrar | manaðs | manaðra | manaðra | manaðra | |
weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
manaði | manaða | manaða | mönuðu | mönuðu | mönuðu | |
accusative (þolfall) |
manaða | mönuðu | manaða | mönuðu | mönuðu | mönuðu | |
dative (þágufall) |
manaða | mönuðu | manaða | mönuðu | mönuðu | mönuðu | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
manaða | mönuðu | manaða | mönuðu | mönuðu | mönuðu |
Borrowed from English mana, from Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.
mana n (genitive singular mana, no plural)
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From English mana, from Maori mana, ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana (“natural power; thunder, storm wind”).
mana (first-person possessive manaku, second-person possessive manamu, third-person possessive mananya)
From Late Latin manna, from Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna), from Hebrew מן (mān, “'manna”).
mana (first-person possessive manaku, second-person possessive manamu, third-person possessive mananya)
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