mahana (pluralmahanas)
- Alternative form ofmeeana
1933 December, Evan Cotton, “A Famous Calcutta Firm (The Story of Steuart & Co.)”, inBengal Past and Present,Vol. XLVI, Pt. II, No. 92, p. 70:Stewart has lately made two for the King of Tanjore's sons, which, it is said, will cost near 10,000Rs. each. They areMahanas... withvenetians, etc., etc. Bedding and Pillows of velvet as the Lining.
mahana
- essivesingular ofmaha
FromProto-Polynesian *mafana (compare withMaorimahana,Tonganmafana andSamoanmafana) affixed from*fana fromProto-Oceanic*panas (doublet ofhana; compare also withMaorihana,Tahitianhana andhanahana) fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*panas (compare withMalaypanas).[1][2] Also reanalyzable asma- +hana(“warm”).
- IPA(key): /maˈha.na/,[məˈhɐ.nə]
mahana
- (stative)warm
mahana
- warmth,heat
- rest,repose,vacation
- farm,plantation,patch
- a class ofchiefs
- ^Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “fana.2”, inPOLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008)The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University,→ISBN, page224
FromProto-Polynesian *mafana (compare withTonganmafana andSamoanmafana) affixed from*fana fromProto-Oceanic*panas (doublet ofhana, compare also withTahitianhana andhanahana) fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*panas (compare withMalaypanas).[1][2] Also analyzable asma- +hana.
mahana
- warm (of temperature)
He kuira, he hōro, he paraikete ō mātau hai huihi i a mātau i ngā pō kei te moe mātau, kiamahana ai mātau.- We had quilts, shawls and blankets to cover us at night when we were sleeping, so that we werewarm.
- cordial (of atmosphere)
- ^Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “fana.2”, inPOLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008)The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University,→ISBN, page224
- Williams, Herbert William (1917) “mahana”, inA Dictionary of the Maori Language, page189
- “mahana” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011,→ISBN.
ma- +hana
mahana
- day
mahana
- tepid,warm
ma- +hana
mahana
- day
- sun
ma- +hana
mahana
- (stative)warm
- Stimson, J. Frank (1965),A Dictionary of Some Tuamotuan Dialects of the Polynesian, The Hague: The Royal Institue of Linguistics and Anthropology.
