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'''mana''' ''m.'' (''singulative'' '''manka'''; ''plural'' '''manoota''', '''maneeni''', '''manooni'''; ''diminutive'' '''manicha'''; ''augmentative'' '''manoowa''')
'''mana''' ''m.'' (''singulative'' '''manka'''; ''plural'' '''manoota''', '''maneeni''', '''manooni'''; ''diminutive'' '''manicha'''; ''augmentative'' '''manoowa''')
# house(s), building(s)
# house(s), building(s)
#:''Kiishi <b>mana</b> wiine''
#: ''Kiishi <b>mana</b> wiine''
#:: ''My '''house''' is big.''
#:: ''My '''house''' is big.''
# ''(in genitive constructions)''' place (of)
# {{n-g|(in genitive constructions)'}} place (of)
#:''barashu <b>mana</b>''
#: ''barashu <b>mana</b>''
#:: ''school ('''place''' of learning)''
#:: ''school ('''place''' of learning)''
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Galactic Basic

Etymology

From Bothan Man (farm), via Old Galactic Standard.

Pronunciation

Noun

mana (Aurebesh: ) l

  1. any facility where crops are produced
  2. (archaic) farm

See also

Qino

Alternative forms

  • مں (Western Arabic script)
  • من (Eastern Arabic script)
  • መነ (Ge'ez script)

Etymology

Proto-Cushitic *man, *min. Cognate to Somali min(an), Af Maay ming, Oromo mana.

Pronunciation

(Qino) IPA: /ˈmana/

Noun

mana m. (singulative manka; plural manoota, maneeni, manooni; diminutive manicha; augmentative manoowa)

  1. house(s), building(s)
    Kiishi mana wiine
    My house is big.
  2. (in genitive constructions)' place (of)
    barashu mana
    school (place of learning)

Derived terms

  • maneena noun, m. "village, community"
  • manaasi verb, 2b "to house; to situate; to make into a house"
  • manaati verb, 2c "to situate oneself; to lodge; to move house"