mā.nia.nia
Redup. of mania. (PPN maniania.)
Redup. of mania. (PPN maniania.)
v. Intensive of mania in all its senses.
adj. Even; smooth. Hal. 26:12.
2. Dull; sleepy; lazy, &c. See MANIA.
s. Name of a species of grass, soft and smooth. See MANIENIE.
[Mania, sleepy, smooth.]
1. Even; smooth.
2. Dull; sleepy; lazy, etc.
Species of grass (Capriola dactylon), soft and smooth; also applied to a lawn grass (Stenotaphrum secundatum). Same as manienie.
Intensive of mania, to be dull.
even, smooth. Ditch, Iao Valley, Maui.
Cliff, Honu-ʻapo qd., Kaʻū, Hawaiʻi. Ditch, Wai-luku qd., Maui. Waterfall above Moa-ʻula falls, Hālawa qd., Molokaʻi. Lit., a shuddering sensation. (At Kaʻū, Hawaiʻi, a man called Niʻauepoʻo attempted to climb a coconut tree named Niu-loa-hiki. As he climbed, the tree, in its eel form, lifted itself skyward. The man called down to his mother, Ē Hina ē, ē Hina ē, māniania mai nei oʻu mau wāwae, Hina, O Hina, my feet have a shuddering feeling.)
A sensation of shuddering, dizziness; a grating on the nerves; drowsy, sleepy, dull; straight, even, smooth, as a surface.
even, smooth, dull, sleepy, lazy.
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