manna

• (possibly archaic) mana

From Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin manna, from Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna), from Hebrew מן‎ (mān, “'manna”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmænə/

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• Rhymes: -ænə
• Homophones: manner, manor (non-rhotic dialects only)

manna (uncountable)

1. (biblical) Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
2. (by extension) Any boon which comes into one's hands by good luck.
   • 1596-99, Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act V, scene i:

     Fair ladies, you drop manna in the way / Of starved people.

3. The sugary sap of the manna gum tree which oozes out from holes drilled by insects and falls to the ground around the tree.
   • 1966, Bill Beatty, Tales of Old Australia, National Distributors, →ISBN, page 14, discussing old Australian foods

     The icing on the cake was made from manna, which was gathered under the manna gums. Manna mixed with milk made a splendid icing.

• Australian manna (from Eucalyptus viminalis, E. gunnii, E. pulverulenta)
• manna ash (Fraxinus ornus)
• manna grass, mannagrass (Glyceria spp.)
• manna gum (Eucalyptus viminalis, E. gunnii, E. pulverulenta)
• manna mealybug (Trabutina crassispinosa or Trabutina mannipara)
• manna scale (Trabutina crassispinosa or Trabutina mannipara)
• mannitol
• mannose
• Persian manna (Astragalus brachycalyx)
• tamarisk manna scale (Trabutina mannipara)

• manna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Amann, Annam

From Late Latin manna, from Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna), from Hebrew מן‎ (mān, “'manna”).

manna n (genitive singular manna, uncountable)

1. manna
2. (botany) fruit of an elm tree

• mannaask

From Late Latin manna, from Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna), from Hebrew מן‎ (mān, “'manna”).

manna

1. (biblical) manna (food substance)
2. manna (any good thing)
3. semolina

• (any good thing): nanna (especially food)

• mannapuuro
• mannaryyni
• mannasuurimo

• manan

manna

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰

• IPA^(key): /manːa/

manna

1. (demonstrative) proximal pronoun; this here, he/she/it here.

• una - that nearby
• innga - that yonder
• kanna - that down a medial distance
• sanna - that down a long distance
• pinnga - that up a medial distance
• panna - that up a long distance
• qanna - that in there/out there
• anna - that in the north
• kinnga - that in the south/that outside

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanːa/
• Rhymes: -anːa

manna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative mannaði, supine mannað)

1. to man

manna n (genitive singular manna, no plural)

1. manna

manna

1. groats

From Late Latin manna, from Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna), from Hebrew מן‎ (mān, “'manna”).

manna f (plural manne)

1. manna (all senses)

• albero della manna
• frassino da manna
• manneto

manna

1. (interrogative) why

From Ancient Greek μάννα (mánna), from Hebrew מן‎ (man).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈman.na/

manna f (genitive mannae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) manna

First declension.

• manna in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• manna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

From Proto-Samic *mānō.

manna

1. moon
2. month

• Entry 69022 in Álgu database