mānawa
1. (noun) an extra sweet variety of kūmara.
Huri te tau, kai te hauhake tonu ia i ngā kai o tana māra, i ngā rīwai, i ngā kūmara, i ngā mānawa (he momo kūmara tino reka), i ngā kānga, i ngā paukena, i ngā kamokamo, i ngā merengi, ā, i ngā kākāriki me ngā rōpere (TTR 1998:206). / Throughout the year he continued to harvest the crops of his garden, potatoes, kūmara, mānawa (a very sweet variety of kūmara), corn, pumpkins, marrow, water melons, rock melons and strawberries.