Tikopia mana

Glosses

• [V] efficacious
• efficacious
• power of extraordinary non-physical quality
• [N] power of extraordinary non-physical quality, trad. believed derived from gods and ancestors (essentially pragmatic in being demonstrated only by concrete results); while trad. associated with chiefs, can be attributed to other persons, esp. when of rank as indicated by special powers e.g. in healing or predication
• thunder
• thunder trad. believed to be produced by gods as sign of power

References

Cognatesets

• PEOc *mana ‘efficacy, success; to have supernatural power from ancestral spirits as manifest in successful outcomes; be efficacious’ with glosses [V] efficacious efficacious [N] power of extraordinary non-physical quality, trad. believed derived from gods and ancestors (essentially pragmatic in being demonstrated only by concrete results); while trad. associated with chiefs, can be attributed to other persons, esp. when of rank as indicated by special powers e.g. in healing or predication
• PPn *mana ‘be efficacious; supernatural power, effectiveness, prestige; thunder’ with glosses [V] efficacious efficacious power of extraordinary non-physical quality thunder thunder trad. believed to be produced by gods as sign of power

Sections

• 6.9 Mana
  • [V] efficacious
  • [N] power of extraordinary non-physical quality, trad. believed derived from gods and ancestors (essentially pragmatic in being demonstrated only by concrete results); while trad. associated with chiefs, can be attributed to other persons, esp. when of rank as indicated by special powers e.g. in healing or predication
• 6.9 Mana
  • efficacious
  • power of extraordinary non-physical quality
  • thunder
  • thunder trad. believed to be produced by gods as sign of power