# manu
## English
### Etymology

In the sense of a manufacturer; clipping of 'manufacturer'

### Pronunciation

* (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈmanʉː/

### Noun

manu (plural manus)
* (New Zealand, diving) A method of diving similar to a cannonball/bomb but with the lower back entering the water first, causing a large splash.
** 2013 February 22, Elisha Rolleston, “Best water bombs: Nothin' but manus”, in Stuff‎:For those that don't know what a manu is, you've got your standard bomb, which everyone does, where you curl up and enter the water feet first. But a manu is when you are in a v-shape and essentially your tailbone or lower back enters the water first while you hold that v-shape.
** 2022 February 23, Diane McCarthy, “Special space allocated for manus after near drowning”, in RNZ‎, archived from the original on 2022-02-23:An area of the outdoor pool at Whakatāne Aquatic Centre has been set aside for manus (bombing) after a nine-year-old boy nearly drowned last month.
* (manufacturing) manufacturer
** 2022 May 13, Le Spirit Designs, “Breaking Up with my Pin Manu?? How to Find Manufacturers on Alibaba”, in Youtube‎:
** 2023 November 11, Keishu13, “What is this type of pin called?”, in Reddit‎:But I'm having trouble tracking down a manu using that term.
** 2024 June 1, Sano Eli ✧ prismono.com🪻 (@prismonoart), Twitter‎:Currently waiting on just one more of the Final Fantasy Tarot Card enamel pins to finish, so my manu sent me this clip as a preview!

### See also

* manu militari (etymologically unrelated)

## Brooke's Point Palawano
### Pronoun

manu
* (interrogative) why

## Corsican
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.nu/

### Noun

manu m (plural mani)
* hand

### Further reading

* “manu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

## Dibabawon Manobo
### Pronoun

manu
* (interrogative) how much

## Fijian
### Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *manu, from Proto-Oceanic *manuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

### Noun

manu (plural manumanu)
* bird (animal)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English manager, associated with the given name Manu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑnu/, [ˈmɑ̝nu]
* Rhymes: -ɑnu
* Hyphenation: ma‧nu

### Noun

manu (colloquial)
* studio director
    Synonym: studio-ohjaaja

#### Declension

Possessive forms of manu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
manuni
manuni
accusative
nom.
manuni
manuni
gen.
manuni
genitive
manuni
manujeni
partitive
manuani
manujani
inessive
manussani
manuissani
elative
manustani
manuistani
illative
manuuni
manuihini
adessive
manullani
manuillani
ablative
manultani
manuiltani
allative
manulleni
manuilleni
essive
manunani
manuinani
translative
manukseni
manuikseni
abessive
manuttani
manuittani
instructive
comitative
—manuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
manusi
manusi
accusative
nom.
manusi
manusi
gen.
manusi
genitive
manusi
manujesi
partitive
manuasi
manujasi
inessive
manussasi
manuissasi
elative
manustasi
manuistasi
illative
manuusi
manuihisi
adessive
manullasi
manuillasi
ablative
manultasi
manuiltasi
allative
manullesi
manuillesi
essive
manunasi
manuinasi
translative
manuksesi
manuiksesi
abessive
manuttasi
manuittasi
instructive
comitative
—manuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
manumme
manumme
accusative
nom.
manumme
manumme
gen.
manumme
genitive
manumme
manujemme
partitive
manuamme
manujamme
inessive
manussamme
manuissamme
elative
manustamme
manuistamme
illative
manuumme
manuihimme
adessive
manullamme
manuillamme
ablative
manultamme
manuiltamme
allative
manullemme
manuillemme
essive
manunamme
manuinamme
translative
manuksemme
manuiksemme
abessive
manuttamme
manuittamme
instructive
comitative
—manuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
manunne
manunne
accusative
nom.
manunne
manunne
gen.
manunne
genitive
manunne
manujenne
partitive
manuanne
manujanne
inessive
manussanne
manuissanne
elative
manustanne
manuistanne
illative
manuunne
manuihinne
adessive
manullanne
manuillanne
ablative
manultanne
manuiltanne
allative
manullenne
manuillenne
essive
manunanne
manuinanne
translative
manuksenne
manuiksenne
abessive
manuttanne
manuittanne
instructive
comitative
—manuinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
manunsa
manunsa
accusative
nom.
manunsa
manunsa
gen.
manunsa
genitive
manunsa
manujensa
partitive
manuaan manuansa
manujaan manujansa
inessive
manussaan manussansa
manuissaan manuissansa
elative
manustaan manustansa
manuistaan manuistansa
illative
manuunsa
manuihinsa
adessive
manullaan manullansa
manuillaan manuillansa
ablative
manultaan manultansa
manuiltaan manuiltansa
allative
manulleen manullensa
manuilleen manuillensa
essive
manunaan manunansa
manuinaan manuinansa
translative
manukseen manuksensa
manuikseen manuiksensa
abessive
manuttaan manuttansa
manuittaan manuittansa
instructive
comitative
—manuineen manuinensa :

#### Derived terms

* lattiamanu

### Further reading

* “manu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* maun, muna, namu

## Galoli
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk.

### Noun

manu
* bird

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *manu, from Proto-Oceanic *manu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.nu/, [ˈmɐ.nu]

### Noun

manu
* bird (animal)

#### Derived terms

* manu aloha (“parrot”)
* manu hū (“hummingbird”)
* pahu manu (“cage”)

## Ibanag
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk (cf. Tagalog manok).

### Noun

manû
* chicken

## Kanakanabu
### Noun

manu
* child

## Kapingamarangi
### Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *manu, from Proto-Oceanic *manu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

### Noun

manu
* bird (animal)

## Kichwa
### Noun

manu
* debt

### References

* Nina Kinti-Moss & Nematni Baltazar Masaquiza Chango, Kichwa-English-Spanish Dictionary

## Laboya
### Noun

manu
* chicken

### References

* Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “manu”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 65

## Latin
### Noun

manū f
* ablative singular of manus

## Latvian
### Pronoun

manu
* inflection of mans:
** accusative/instrumental singular masculine/feminine
** genitive plural masculine/feminine

### Verb

manu
* first-person singular present indicative of manīt

## Lindu
### Noun

manu
* chicken

## Maori
### Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *manu, from Proto-Oceanic *manu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

### Noun

manu
* bird (animal)
* (figuratively) a person held in high esteem

### References

* “manu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Mori Bawah
### Noun

manu
* bird; chicken

### References

* The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar, 2013, →ISBN, page 685

## Mussau-Emira
### Noun

manu
* water

### References

* J. &. M. Brown., Mussau grammar essentials (2007)

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *manu. Near cognates include Old Norse mǫn and Old High German mana.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑ.nu/

### Noun

manu f
* mane

#### Declension

Strong u-stem:

#### Related terms

* mene

#### Descendants

* Middle English: mane, mayn
** English: mane
** Scots: mane

## Rapa Nui
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *manu. Cognates include Hawaiian manu and Maori manu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.nu/
* Hyphenation: ma‧nu

### Noun

manu
* bird

#### Derived terms

* manu tara
* manupātia
* taŋata manu

### References

* Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 52
* Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 218

## Samoan
### Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *manu, from Proto-Oceanic *manu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

### Noun

manu
* bird (animal)

## Sardinian
### Etymology

From Latin manus. Compare Catalan mà, French main, Galician man, Italian mano, Occitan man, Portuguese mão, Romanian mână, Spanish mano.

### Noun

manu
* hand

## Sicilian
### Etymology

From Latin manus (“hand”). Compare ficu for a similar gender morphology.

### Noun

manu f (plural manu)
* The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals; a hand.
* That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once.
** (card games) The set of cards held by a player.
*** A round of a card game.
** (obsolete) A unit of measurement.
    Synonym: parmu
* Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
* An instance of helping.
    Turi ci desi na manu ad Alisia pi mòviri i mòbbili.Turi gave Alisia a hand to move the furniture.
* Handwriting; style of penmanship.
* Personal possession; ownership.
* (chiefly in the plural) Management, domain, control.
    È sutta ê manu mei.He/she is under my hands.

#### Derived terms

* a manu a manu
* manata
* manijari
* manijatu
* manijàrisi
* manu dritta
* manu manca
* manu nnâ cuscienza

#### Related terms

* auricchia
* coḍḍu
* jitu
* occhiu
* pedi
* testa
* ugna
* vrazzu

#### See also

* arriminari
* minari
* minchia

## Tahitian
### Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *manu, from Proto-Oceanic *manu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, from Proto-Austronesian *manuk.

### Noun

manu
* bird (animal)

## Tetum
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *manuk, compare Malay manuk.

### Noun

manu
* bird
* chicken

## Tokelauan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈma.nu]
* Hyphenation: ma‧nu

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *manu. Cognates include Hawaiian manu and Samoan manu.

#### Noun

manu
* animal, beast
* (specifically) bird
* The upright piece of a canoe's front or back.

##### Synonyms

* (bird): manulele

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

manu
* (transitive) to push
* (transitive) to strike

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 218

## Tongan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma.nu/

### Noun

manu
* animal
    Pamphlets in the Tonga language, "Koe Hisitolia o Natula", page 58:
       Oku faa vahe ae kalasi huhu kihe faahiga e hiva, o behe:—
          1. Koe manu nima ua (Bimana)
       There are nine things like parts called the classes which have breasts, like so:—
          1. The animals with two hands (Bimana)

#### Derived terms

* manu buna/manubuna