manaka

See also: Manaka and manakà

Japanese

Romanization

manaka

1. Rōmaji transcription of まなか

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *manaq (more commonly reconstructed as *mana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manaka/

Noun

manaka

1. spiritual power (also the name of the Uneapa mythological supreme being)

Further reading

• Jennifer Blythe, The Spirit and the Gifts: Dako, Benjamin Morrell and Cargo in the Vitiaz trading area, New Guinea (2017). Oceania (vol. 87, no. 1). McMaster University.