manāme

/maˈnaː.meɪ/ (ma-NA-may; 3 syllables)
Core · entered the canon 2026-06-23

The stone is uncarved — this word has no glyph yet. The place was prepared before the carving.

Definition

Inherited-relational-efficacy as received-ordinance — the quality that makes a person's words carry weight, a prayer actually work, a canoe actually sail, not because of personal talent but because of genuine genealogical connection to ancestral and cosmic sources. Polynesian mana + Sumerian me: the efficacy you receive through maintained relation, not the power you manufacture.

Evidential structure

No morpheme decomposition is carved in canon for this word — the cathedral does not guess one from its shape.

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