manu

plural manus

1. New ZealanddivingA method of diving similar to a cannonball/bomb but with the lower back entering the water first, causing a large splash.

   An area of the outdoor pool at Whakatāne Aquatic Centre has been set aside for manus (bombing) after a nine-year-old boy nearly drowned last month.

   2022 February 23, Diane McCarthy, “Special space allocated for manus after near drowning”, in RNZ, archived from the original on 23 Feb 2022

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   For those that don't know what a manu is, you've got your standard bomb, which everyone does, where you curl up and enter the water feet first. But a manu is when you are in a v-shape and essentially your tailbone or lower back enters the water first while you hold that v-shape.

   2013 February 22, Elisha Rolleston, “Best water bombs: Nothin' but manus”, in Stuff

plural manus

1. businessmanufacturer

   But I'm having trouble tracking down a manu using that term.

   2023 November 11, Keishu13, “What is this type of pin called?”, in Reddit

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   Currently waiting on just one more of the Final Fantasy Tarot Card enamel pins to finish, so my manu sent me this clip as a preview!

   2024 June 1, Sano Eli ✧ prismono.com🪻 (@prismonoart), Twitter

1. HinduismA title accorded to the progenitor of mankind, first king to rule this earth, who saved mankind from a great global flood.

   Agni is the one who is introduced by Manu, who is kindled by Manu; one requests him to rule at the present sacrifice, as he had done it for Manu, when he "offered the first oblation, with kindled fire, with his (attentive) heart and soul, along with the seven priests" to the gods (X, 63, 7).

   1988, Hermann Oldenberg, Shridhar B. Shrotri, The Religion of the Veda, page 138

2. The progenitor of the Aryan root-race, which is said to have originated in Atlantis.
3. A male given name from Sanskrit, commonly used in India.

1. A male given name.