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manene - stranger

Mānene. 1. a. Importunate, begging, asking again and again. Kaore e tika i a koe nga korero na, e manene na koe ki a tera.

2. v.t. Tighten a lashing by twisting.

‖ unene.

Williams Dictionary

Manene (i), n. Stranger, one living in a strange country. He manene ahau ki tou whenua (W. ii, 158). ‖ konene.

Williams Dictionary

Manene (ii), a. Weakened, benumbed. Ka mate koe i a Awarua, ka manene mai koe ki ro te wai (S. 12). ‖ mangenge.

Williams Dictionary

I ōna wā he iwi manene; i ngā hōtoke kei ngā raorao, kei ngā mānia, ā, i ngā raumati Kei ngā maunga.
In those days they were a nomadic tribe; in the winter, [they] were in the foothills and on the plains, and in the summer [they] were on the mountains.