mahana
1. (stative) be warm - a marae is said to be mahana when there are old people from the local people present.
He kuira, he hōro, he paraikete ō mātau hai huihi i a mātau i ngā pō kei te moe mātau, kia mahana ai mātau (HP 1991:12). / We had quilts, shawls and blankets to cover us at night when we were sleeping, so that we were warm.
2. (noun) heat, warmth, temperature.
Kāore e tātata te kitea o te hukapapa ki reira, i te mea ai hoki, i te kaha o te mahana (HP 1991:165). / Frost wouldn't be seen there because it's so warm.
māhana
1. (pronoun) for him/her. Used in this way when the possessor will have control of the relationship or is dominant, active or superior to what is possessed.
Ka pōrangi ki ngā maunga ki ngā wai matatiki, ki ngā rākau, ki ngā manu: kāhore hoki i kitea he wahine māhana (Tr 1874:34). / He searched in the mountains, at the springs, in the trees and the birds, but he could not find a wife for himself.
See also māna
ine-mahana
1. (noun) thermometer, temperature gauge.
Ko te ine-mahana te taputapu hei ine i te paemahana. Ko te te āwhata tohurau te āwhata aro whānui. Arā, kotahi rau ngā wehenga o tēnei āwhata, mai i te pae e haupapa ai te wai (0º) ki te pae e koropupū ai (100º). Ka kīia ia wehenga he putu (º) (TRP 2010:132). / A thermometer is the instrument for measuring temperature. The Celsius scale is the standard scale which is divided into 100 divisions between freezing (0º) and boiling (100º). Each division is called a degree (º) (TRP 2010:132).
2. (noun) Prefix used for names of measuring equipment, e.g. ine-tere speedometer, ine-mahana thermometer, ine-rū seismograph. Sometimes written as separate words, e.g. ine tere.
See also ine-tere, ine-mahana, ine-rū
3. (noun) meter.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 113-114;)
