Pronuctuation of 'mana'

[Faraer]

As at m-w.com, the first vowel is a long a (without any American nasal r), the second vowel is short a or a schwa.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Man-ah or sometimes magic pool.

 

[Aeolius]

(and yes I am a fluent speaker of Maori - a Polynesian language)

So you are familiar with the Zzxjoanw, then?

Granted, there is some controversy as to whether that is an actual Maori word or not, but I still remember it from "Mrs Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words".

 

[Desdichado]

What I want to know is; can you do a Haka war-dance?

 

[Cam Banks]

What I want to know is; can you do a Haka war-dance?

Every red-blooded New Zealander can!

Or at least, they can try. Watch enough rugby as a kid and it becomes second-nature.

Cheers,
Cam
Ex-Pat Kiwi

PS: And yes, it's "mah-na", without a sounded R sound on the first syllable. Think of it as a Bostonian trying to pronounce "marna".

 

[Tonguez]

Every red-blooded New Zealander can!

Or at least, they can try. Watch enough rugby as a kid and it becomes second-nature.

Cheers,
Cam
Ex-Pat Kiwi

PS: And yes, it's "mah-na", without a sounded R sound on the first syllable. Think of it as a Bostonian trying to pronounce "marna".

Hey Cam - good to see another kiwi out there (so thats myself, Dirigible, Hypersmurf and you too - anyothers going to share the love?)

and yep I use to do a mean Haka, but as I've aged I find myself pushed into the back rows (were all the best warriors go)

 

[diaglo]

i let Elminster do it for me. from the Computer game Blood & Magic

 

[Ferret]

Man-ah, but alot of the diablo character say Mar-nah

 

[Aeolius]

For some reason, I now have the song "Mahna Mahna" stuck in my head

 

[Aaron L]

Good, I never could understand why bread from the sky was used as the term for magical energy pool!

So, what does mana mean, anyway?