What does manu mean in Hawaiian?
Manu is a bird, and also the bow or stern piece of a canoe. Feathers of native birds made the cloaks and helmets of chiefs, so birds were tied to rank. Manu is a unisex name, and it forms Kamanu (the bird), Manulani (heavenly bird), and Leimanu (a lei of birds).
Say it MAH-noo. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site manu is part of 2 names: 0 begin with it, 1 end with it, and 1 carry it elsewhere. Most are girl names, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning bird.