wānana

== Hawaiian == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *fanaŋa (“story for entertainment, short repetitive chant”) – compare with Rapa Nui vānanga (“language”), Māori wānanga (“knowledge”), Tahitian vānaʻa (“knowledge”) and vanaʻa (“lore, story”). Doublet of wālana. === Noun === wānana prophecy, foretell, foresight prediction, forecast === Verb === wānana to prophesize, to foretell, to foresight to predict === References ===