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manna

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin manna, from Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna), from Hebrew מן (mān, “'manna”).

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Noun

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manna (countable and uncountable, plural mannas)

  1. (biblical) Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
  2. (by extension) Any boon which comes into one's hands by good luck.
    • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
      Fair ladies, you drop manna in the way / Of starved people.
    • 2010, Giancarlo Gandolfo, Economic Dynamics, 4th edition, Springer, page 197f:
      The introduction of technical progress in this model can be made in a very simple manner if we assume that it is of the ‘disembodied’ type, that is, something like manna that falls from heaven on all capital goods, old and new. [emphasis in original]
  3. The sugary sap of the manna gum tree which oozes out from holes drilled by insects and falls to the ground around the tree.[2]
    • 1966, Bill Beatty, Tales of Old Australia, National Distributors, →ISBN, page 14, discussing old Australian foods
      The icing on the cake was made from manna, which was gathered under the manna gums. Manna mixed with milk made a splendid icing.

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Late Latin manna, from Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna), from Hebrew מן (mān, “'manna”).

Noun

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manna n (genitive singular manna, uncountable)

  1. manna
  2. (botany) fruit of an elm tree

Declension

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Declension of manna (singular only)
n1s singular
indefinite definite
nominative manna mannað
accusative manna mannað
dative manna mannanum
genitive manna mannans

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From Late Latin manna, from Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna), from Biblical Hebrew מן (mān, “'manna”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑnːɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝nːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑnːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): man‧na

Noun

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manna

  1. (biblical) manna (food substance)
  2. manna (any good thing)
  3. semolina

Declension

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Inflection of manna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative manna —
genitive mannan —
partitive mannaa —
illative mannaan —
singular plural
nominative manna —
accusative nom. manna —
gen. mannan
genitive mannan —
partitive mannaa —
inessive mannassa —
elative mannasta —
illative mannaan —
adessive mannalla —
ablative mannalta —
allative mannalle —
essive mannana —
translative mannaksi —
abessive mannatta —
instructive — —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of manna (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mannani —
accusative nom. mannani —
gen. mannani
genitive mannani —
partitive mannaani —
inessive mannassani —
elative mannastani —
illative mannaani —
adessive mannallani —
ablative mannaltani —
allative mannalleni —
essive mannanani —
translative mannakseni —
abessive mannattani —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mannasi —
accusative nom. mannasi —
gen. mannasi
genitive mannasi —
partitive mannaasi —
inessive mannassasi —
elative mannastasi —
illative mannaasi —
adessive mannallasi —
ablative mannaltasi —
allative mannallesi —
essive mannanasi —
translative mannaksesi —
abessive mannattasi —
instructive — —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mannamme —
accusative nom. mannamme —
gen. mannamme
genitive mannamme —
partitive mannaamme —
inessive mannassamme —
elative mannastamme —
illative mannaamme —
adessive mannallamme —
ablative mannaltamme —
allative mannallemme —
essive mannanamme —
translative mannaksemme —
abessive mannattamme —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mannanne —
accusative nom. mannanne —
gen. mannanne
genitive mannanne —
partitive mannaanne —
inessive mannassanne —
elative mannastanne —
illative mannaanne —
adessive mannallanne —
ablative mannaltanne —
allative mannallenne —
essive mannananne —
translative mannaksenne —
abessive mannattanne —
instructive — —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative mannansa —
accusative nom. mannansa —
gen. mannansa
genitive mannansa —
partitive mannaansa —
inessive mannassaan
mannassansa 		—
elative mannastaan
mannastansa 		—
illative mannaansa —
adessive mannallaan
mannallansa 		—
ablative mannaltaan
mannaltansa 		—
allative mannalleen
mannallensa 		—
essive mannanaan
mannanansa 		—
translative mannakseen
mannaksensa 		—
abessive mannattaan
mannattansa 		—
instructive — —
comitative — —

Synonyms

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  • (any good thing): nanna (especially food)

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compounds

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Gothic

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Romanization

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manna

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰

Greenlandic

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Pronoun

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manna

  1. (demonstrative) proximal pronoun; this here, he/she/it here.

Declension

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Declension of manna
singular plural
absolutive manna makku
ergative matuma makkua
allative matumunnga makkununnga
ablative matumannga makkunannga
prosecutive matumuuna makkunuuna
locative matumani makkunani
instrumental matuminnga makkuninnga
equative matumatut makkunatut

See also

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  • una (“that nearby”)
  • innga (“that yonder”)
  • kanna (“that down a medial distance”)
  • sanna (“that down a long distance”)
  • pinnga (“that up a medial distance”)
  • panna (“that up a long distance”)
  • qanna (“that in there/out there”)
  • anna (“that in the north”)
  • kinnga (“that in the south/that outside”)

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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manna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative mannaði, supine mannað)

  1. to man
Conjugation
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manna — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að manna
supine
(sagnbót) 		mannað
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		mannandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég manna við mönnum present
(nútíð) 		ég manni við mönnum
þú mannar þið mannið þú mannir þið mannið
hann, hún, það mannar þeir, þær, þau manna hann, hún, það manni þeir, þær, þau manni
past
(þátíð) 		ég mannaði við mönnuðum past
(þátíð) 		ég mannaði við mönnuðum
þú mannaðir þið mönnuðuð þú mannaðir þið mönnuðuð
hann, hún, það mannaði þeir, þær, þau mönnuðu hann, hún, það mannaði þeir, þær, þau mönnuðu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		manna (þú) mannið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
mannaðu manniði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
mannast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að mannast
supine
(sagnbót) 		mannast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		mannandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég mannast við mönnumst present
(nútíð) 		ég mannist við mönnumst
þú mannast þið mannist þú mannist þið mannist
hann, hún, það mannast þeir, þær, þau mannast hann, hún, það mannist þeir, þær, þau mannist
past
(þátíð) 		ég mannaðist við mönnuðumst past
(þátíð) 		ég mannaðist við mönnuðumst
þú mannaðist þið mönnuðust þú mannaðist þið mönnuðust
hann, hún, það mannaðist þeir, þær, þau mönnuðust hann, hún, það mannaðist þeir, þær, þau mönnuðust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		mannast (þú) mannist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
mannastu mannisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
mannaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		mannaður mönnuð mannað mannaðir mannaðar mönnuð
accusative
(þolfall) 		mannaðan mannaða mannað mannaða mannaðar mönnuð
dative
(þágufall) 		mönnuðum mannaðri mönnuðu mönnuðum mönnuðum mönnuðum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		mannaðs mannaðrar mannaðs mannaðra mannaðra mannaðra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		mannaði mannaða mannaða mönnuðu mönnuðu mönnuðu
accusative
(þolfall) 		mannaða mönnuðu mannaða mönnuðu mönnuðu mönnuðu
dative
(þágufall) 		mannaða mönnuðu mannaða mönnuðu mönnuðu mönnuðu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		mannaða mönnuðu mannaða mönnuðu mönnuðu mönnuðu

Noun

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manna

  1. indefinite genitive plural of maður

Etymology 2

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Old Norse manna, from Late Latin manna.

Noun

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manna n (genitive singular manna, no plural)

  1. manna
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    Declension of manna
n-w singular
indefinite definite
nominative manna mannað
accusative manna mannað
dative manna mannanu
genitive manna mannans

Ingrian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian манна (manna) (cf. the derived манка (manka), манный (mannyj)), ultimately from Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna).

Related to Finnish manna and Estonian manna.

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Noun

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manna

  1. semolina

Declension

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Declension of manna (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative manna mannat
genitive mannan mannoin
partitive mannaa mannoja
illative mannaa mannoi
inessive mannaas mannois
elative mannast mannoist
allative mannalle mannoille
adessive mannaal mannoil
ablative mannalt mannoilt
translative mannaks mannoiks
essive mannanna, mannaan mannoinna, mannoin
exessive1) mannant mannoint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

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References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 296

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈman.na/
  • Rhymes: -anna
  • Hyphenation: màn‧na

Etymology 1

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From Late Latin manna, from Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna), from Hebrew מן (mān, “'manna”).

Noun

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manna f (plural manne)

  1. manna (all senses)
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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manna f (plural manne)

  1. sheaf
  2. (heraldry) garb
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Kavalan

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Pronoun

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manna

  1. (interrogative) why

Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna), from Biblical Hebrew מן (man).

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Noun

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manna f (genitive mannae); first declension

  1. (Late Latin) manna

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative manna mannae
genitive mannae mannārum
dative mannae mannīs
accusative mannam mannās
ablative mannā mannīs
vocative manna mannae

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  • → Old English:
    • Middle English:
  • → Italian: manna (semi-learned)
  • → Polish: manna (learned)
  • → Sicilian: manna (semi-learned)

References

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  • “manna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • manna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna), from Hebrew מן (mān, “'manna”).

Noun

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manna m (definite singular mannaen, indefinite plural mannaer or mannaar, definite plural mannaene or mannaane)

  1. (biblical) manna
  2. a sweetish tree sap, especially of the manna ash
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Etymology 2

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From mann (“man”) +‎ -a.

Alternative forms

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  • manne (e- and split infinitives)

Verb

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manna (present tense mannar, past tense manna, past participle manna, passive infinitive mannast, present participle mannande, imperative manna/mann)

  1. to man
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Old English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.

Noun

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manna m

  1. mann
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Declension of manna (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative manna mannan
accusative mannan mannan
genitive mannan mannena
dative mannan mannum

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Etymology 2

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From Late Latin manna, from Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna), from Hebrew מן (mān, “'manna”).

Noun

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manna m

  1. manna (food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus)

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Etymology 3

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Noun

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manna

  1. genitive plural of mann

Old Norse

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Noun

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manna

  1. genitive plural of maðr

Polish

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manna

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Late Latin manna.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -anna
  • Syllabification: man‧na

Noun

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manna f (related adjective manniany or mannowy)

  1. farina (fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery)
    Synonyms: grysik, kasza manna
  2. (biblical) manna (food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus)
  3. mannagrass, sweetgrass (any grass of the genus Glyceria)
  4. manna (sugary sap of the manna gum tree)
  5. rim lichen (any lichen of the genus Lecanora)
    Synonym: misecznica

Declension

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Declension of manna
singular plural
nominative manna manny
genitive manny mann
dative mannie mannom
accusative mannę manny
instrumental manną mannami
locative mannie mannach
vocative manno manny

Derived terms

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nouns

Further reading

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  • manna in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • manna in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • manna in PWN's encyclopedia
  • Stanisław Ciszewski (1909) “manna”, in “Przyczynek do słownika gwary mazowieckiej”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 7, z. 1, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 207

Sardinian

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Etymology

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Cognate to Italian manna.

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manna f (plural mannas)

  1. sheaf
  2. (heraldry) garb
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màiga f, mannuciu m

Sidamo

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Etymology

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From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Burji meena, Hadiyya manna and Kambaata manna.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmanːa/
  • Hyphenation: man‧na

Noun

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manna m (singulative mancho m or f)

  1. (collective) people

References

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  • Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 38
  • Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “manna”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

Ter Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *mānō.

Noun

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manna

  1. moon
  2. month

Further reading

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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[6], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Welsh

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Adverb

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manna

  1. Informal form of y fan yna (“there”).
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