mānu
1. (stative) be floating, launch, afloat.
Ka ahiahi ka kite rāua i tētahi tohorā, ko te upoko i mā, e mānu haere ana i te taha o tō rāua poti, mōhio tonu ake rāua he raiti wēra (TP 10/1902:10). / When it was evening they saw a whale and its head was white and it was floating along beside their boat, so they knew that it was a right whale.
Synonyms: whakarewatanga, whakarewa, whakaterenga, uaki, rōnihi, rōnohi, whakamānu
