Mānia, n. 1. Plain country. I haere mai ma te mania o Kaingaroa (T. 149).
2. Carex lucida, a sedge plant, niggerhead. Ka mau te ringa o te kuia ra ki te pu mania, ka unuhia ake.
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Mania. 1. a. Slippery.
2. Sliding readily over another object. ‖ 5, below.
3. Soft, smooth, of hair. Tou uru mania.
4. Feeling a jarring sensation, set on edge. He hanga mania noa te taringa (M. 180). Ka mania nga niho.
5. n. Thin slabs of sandstone set in a wooden frame, used as a saw for cutting greenstone. ‖ 2, above.
6. Hair, lock of hair. Mania takai, ringlets. ‖ 3. above.
7. Grating, creaking sound, as of trees moving in the wind. Tu te mania (P. 94, where Grey says an insect).
8. Hoplodactylus pacificus, brown gecko, a lizard. = teretere, pāpā.
9. Bone pin for fastening a cloak. = au.
10. v.i. Slip, slide. Hapaipai te kiato mua, ka mania, ka paheke (M. 265). Me he punga waka te tatutanga ki te whenua, ka mania, ka paheke (Used of an anchor dragging) (M. 284).
whakamania, v.t. Address abusively or contemptuously, scold. Ko te whakamania, he whakamanioro, he korero kino ki te aroaro tonu o te tangata ki te kanohi tonu. ‖ mania, 4, 7.
māniania, a. Noisy. ‖ mania, 4, 7.
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