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To’aba’ita ma-mana

Glosses

  • [V] be real, true; be efficacious, effective
  • be real, true; be efficacious, effective
  • be true, real, fulfilled; be successful (of a man); impart spiritual or magical power
  • [N] blessing, prosperity; ancestrally-conferred power
  • [V] impart spiritual or magical power
  • true, real

References

Cognatesets

  • PEOc *mana ‘efficacy, success; to have supernatural power from ancestral spirits as manifest in successful outcomes; be efficacious’ with glosses [V] be real, true; be efficacious, effective be real, true; be efficacious, effective [N] blessing, prosperity; ancestrally-conferred power [V] impart spiritual or magical power

Sections

  • 6.9 Mana
    • [V] be real, true; be efficacious, effective
    • [N] blessing, prosperity; ancestrally-conferred power
    • [V] impart spiritual or magical power
  • 5.10 Cognition
    • true, real
  • 6.9 Mana
    • be real, true; be efficacious, effective
  • 6.9 Mana
    • be true, real, fulfilled; be successful (of a man); impart spiritual or magical power
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