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n., Shark (general name).

• Figuratively, a passionate lover.
• Examples:
  • Manō iʻa, ordinary shark.
  • Manō hae, fierce shark or fighter.
  • Manō kanaka, shark thought to be born of a human mother and sired by a shark god, or by a deified person whose spirit possesses a shark or turns into a shark.
  • Manō ihu waʻa, shark traditionally said to rest its head on the outrigger of a canoe, beloved by fishermen and fed; literally, bow shark.
  • Pau pele, pau manō, consumed by volcanic fire, consumed by shark [may I die if I don't keep my pledge].
• Related:
  • Reef sharks may attain a length of 1.5 m. Sharks were ʻaumākua to some; they were said to have never harmed and frequently to protect those who fed and petted them.
  • hoʻomanō Caus/sim.; To behave as a shark; to eat ravenously; to pursue women ardently.
• References:
  • Cf. ʻai ā manō, hula manō, niuhi, pua #1.
  • PNP mangoo .

n., Dam, stream or water source, headwaters, place where water is obstructed for distribution in channels, channels (Isa. 8.7).

• References:
  • Cf. māno wai.

1. num., Many, numerous, four thousand; thick.

• Examples:
  • He lau ka puʻu, he mano ka ihona (chant), many hills, numerous descents [of troubles].
• Related:
  • hoʻomano Caus/sim.; To increase; to do repeatedly or persistently.
    • Koi hoʻomano, to keep asking and insisting.
    • Ka hahai e hoʻomano ai (For. 4:47), following persistently.
• References:
  • Cf. kini, lau, lehu, manoa, Gram. 10.3.
  • PPN mano .

2. vt., To throw, as stone; to aim at and hit.

• Rare

3. (Cap.) Short for Manokalanipō.