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manu
"Manu" is not a standard Dutch word. It may be a name or borrowed term without a direct Dutch definition.
In a sentence
Manu is een getalenteerde kunstenaar die graag schildert.
Manu is a talented artist who enjoys painting.
Here, 'Manu' refers to a person's name in a proper noun usage.
Tijdens het koken gebruikte hij een oude manu om het deeg uit te rollen.
During cooking, he used an old manual to roll out the dough.
In this context, 'manu' could serve as a stylized abbreviation or reference to manual tools in a localized dialect, modifying standard usages.
Ze liet ons haar nieuwe dansbewegingen zien, een echte 'manu' qua elegantie.
She showed us her new dance moves, a real 'manu' in terms of elegance.
Used colloquially or idiomatically, 'manu' may depict something specifically admired or stylized, derived culturally or contextually.
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