name
Manaia
mah-NY-ah
mɑˈnaɪɑListen
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Syllable breakdown
Manaia
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Maori
- Meaning
- a supernatural being; guardian spirit; in Maori carving the manaia is a figure with the head of a bird and the body of a man, serving as a messenger between the mortal and spiritual worlds
- Gender
- unisex
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