mana

[mah-nah]

noun

1. Anthropology.,  a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or people.

2. Games.,  a finite supply of magic or magic points that is depleted with every spell cast by a magic-wielding player character in a video game, role-playing game, collectible card game, trading card game, etc., and that is slowly replenished with rest or quickly restored by certain items, like potions.

   This tank needs to slow his roll—the healer is out of mana.

mana

/ ˈmɑːnə /

noun

1. (in Polynesia, Melanesia, etc) a concept of a life force, believed to be seated in the head, and associated with high social status and ritual power

2. any power achieved by ritual means; prestige; authority

Word History and Origins

Origin of mana¹

First recorded in 1835–45; from a Polynesian language, e.g., Maori, Hawaian mana “power, psychic power, authority, control”

Word History and Origins

Origin of mana¹

from Polynesian