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manawa

British  
/ mɑːnɑːwɑː /

noun

  1. another word for mangrove

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of manawa

Māori

Example Sentences

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O keia manawa pu no hoi ka haalele ana o Hinaikamalama ia Kauai.

From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Martha Warren Beckwith

Ia manawa, hoa ae la na Alii, a lilo ae la laua i hookahi io, hoi ae la lakou a noho ma Kauai iuka o Honopuwai.

From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Martha Warren Beckwith

Ia manawa, komo pinepine ae la oia iloko o ka Heiau i Pahauna, malaila oia i pule hoomau ai i kona akua.

From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Martha Warren Beckwith

Ia manawa, pule aku la oia i kona akua, e hai mai i ke ano o kela anuenue ana e ike nei; aka, aole i loaa i kona akua ka hookoia o kana pule.

From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Martha Warren Beckwith

Oni ana i ka manawa o ka lili.

From Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula by Nathaniel Bright Emerson

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