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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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Mahope iho o keia manawa, hoomakaukau ae la o Waka e hana i hale hou i like me ka hale i hanaia no Laieikawai.

From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Beckwith, Martha Warren

Ia manawa i hanau ai, aia nae o Kahauokapaka i ka lawai-a me na kanaka.

From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Beckwith, Martha Warren

I aka mai oe i kou la manawa le'a; A manawa ino, nui mai ka nuku, 15Hoomokapu, hoopale mai ka maka, Hoolahui wale mai i a'u nei.

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

He mea mau i ua Makaula nei ke kaahele i kekahi manawa.

From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Beckwith, Martha Warren

Noho mai la o Kekalukaluokewa me ke kali iloko ka manawa i kauohaia.

From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Beckwith, Martha Warren

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