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  • proper noun A language spoken mainly on Manam, an island near New Guinea.

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Examples

  • He began to work with a new commander called Manam at the Shin Kalay checkpoint, who had tried to help patch up the relationship between the two men.

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  • 'Volcanic activity at Mount Langila in West New Britain Province, while less destructive than the Manam eruption, increased in intensity in April this year, contaminating local water supplies and damaging food gardens and homes.

    More Australian Aid for PNG Volcano Relief 2005

  • 'Australia stands ready to provide further assistance and our officials will continue to work with PNG government and non-government organisations on the ground to monitor the situation at both Manam and Langila volcanoes.

    More Australian Aid for PNG Volcano Relief 2005

  • One of the prefects or judges of Thessalonica that named was Manam, was much agreeable to God, and to the world, on which the enemy had great envy for his good works, and began to tempt him sore and strong.

    The Golden Legend, vol. 7 1230-1298 1900

  • The Indians call this ridge, _Manam rimacunan_ ( "Thou shall not speak!"), for a heavy wind, accompanied by drifting snow, blows constantly, and renders it scarcely possible to open the mouth to utter a word.

    Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Johann Jakob von Tschudi 1853

  • To the traveller's demand for something to eat, their uniform reply is "_Manam canchu_" (we have nothing); and it is often found necessary to resort to force in order to convert this monotonous answer into the more agreeable "_Ari conchu_" (here is something).

    Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Johann Jakob von Tschudi 1853

  • It might look like a close-up of a lily-pad, but these are amazing shots of the Manam

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  • He was apparently unaware of the presence of identical constructions in Manam.

    Far Outliers 2009

  • It shows up as a transitive verb in Huon Gulf serial causatives and incorporated-object constructions; as the only classificatory prefix without an independent verb counterpart in Manam; and as an almost meaningless, general causative prefix in almost every Papuan Tip language.

    Far Outliers 2009

  • Reflexes of POC * mate 'to die' show up in Kairiru, Manam, Gedaged, and Gitua as result verbs.

    Far Outliers 2009

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