What does manaʻo mean in Hawaiian?
Manaʻo is what one thinks — a thought, belief or intention. Asking for someone's manaʻo is asking for their considered view, and it is a word used constantly in Hawaiian English.
Say it mah-NAH-oh. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The ʻokina (ʻ) is a short catch in the voice, like the break in “uh-oh”. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site manaʻo is part of 1 names: 1 begin with it, 0 end with it. They split evenly between girls and boys, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning wisdom.