mani n English Person who was almost killed with a machete but escaped, recovered enough to roam the forest but had lost his mind. Cultural Note In the past when people often fought with blades, there were said to be many of these wild people roaming the forest. Because they were dangerous, even today Tagbanwas take along a dog when going to the forest to frighten the mani, or take some salt because the mani fears getting salt in his wound.