Manaŋ (adv.) [cp. Class. Sk. manāk, "a little (of something)" prob. derived from Vedic manā f. a. gold weight =Gr. mna_] "by a certain weight," i. e. a little, somewhat, almost, well -- nigh, nearly. Combd with vata in exclamation: M ii.123 (m. v. bho anassāma); DhA iii.147 (m. v. therī nāsitā). Often in phrase man' amhi (with pp.). "I nearly was so & so," e. g. Vini.109 (vuḷho); J i.405 (upakūḷito); iii.435 (matā), 531 (mārāpito). Cp. BSk. manāsmi khāditā MVastu ii.450.