manu

noun

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

   “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.”

   “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.”

2. manufacturer

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

   “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!”

name

1. (Hinduism)A 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).”

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.
4. A male given name.