manaia

How to use manaia in a sentence

• It so happened that half-way down the cliff, which is twelve fathoms high, there was a boy named manaia.

  A Memory Of The Southern Seas | Louis Becke

• When she came to the surface, I was still clasped tightly in her arms, and manaia cried to her to swim to the canoe.

  A Memory Of The Southern Seas | Louis Becke

• Then she called out to him, "Ola, manaia," and he looked at us and laughed as he spun his small hand-net into the pool.

  A Memory Of The Southern Seas | Louis Becke

• Then, once we were at a safe distance, we ran swiftly to the beach, and then onwards to where manaia awaited us.

  A Memory Of The Southern Seas | Louis Becke

• Then, whilst I steered, manaia tied strips of tappa around Selema's leg so as to stay the bleeding.

  A Memory Of The Southern Seas | Louis Becke