maina
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Noun
maína class 6
Determiner
maina
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
maina c (plural maina's, diminutive mainaatje n)
- a myna (bird)
Derived terms
Further reading
maina on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Noun
maina
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Hindi मैना (mainā)/Urdu مینا (mainā).
Noun
maina
- myna (bird of the genera Mino, Enodes, Ampeliceps, Gracula and Acridotheres in the starling family Sturnidae)
Usage notes
In English the term "myna" is used also of the genera Basilornis, Strepsocitta, Scissirostrum and Leucopsar, but in Finnish these genera are named kottarainen (“starling”).
Declension
| Inflection of maina (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | maina | mainat | |
| genitive | mainan | mainojen | |
| partitive | mainaa | mainoja | |
| illative | mainaan | mainoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | maina | mainat | |
| accusative | nom. | maina | mainat |
| gen. | mainan | ||
| genitive | mainan | mainojen mainain rare | |
| partitive | mainaa | mainoja | |
| inessive | mainassa | mainoissa | |
| elative | mainasta | mainoista | |
| illative | mainaan | mainoihin | |
| adessive | mainalla | mainoilla | |
| ablative | mainalta | mainoilta | |
| allative | mainalle | mainoille | |
| essive | mainana | mainoina | |
| translative | mainaksi | mainoiksi | |
| abessive | mainatta | mainoitta | |
| instructive | — | mainoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
Etymology 2
Noun
maina
Anagrams
Etymology
Pronoun
maina
Conjunction
maina
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
mainà m (possessed form mainàn)
See also
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian майна (majna).
Pronunciation
Noun
maina
Declension
| Declension of maina (type 3/kana, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | maina | mainat |
| genitive | mainan | mainoin |
| partitive | mainaa | mainoja |
| illative | mainaa | mainoi |
| inessive | mainaas | mainois |
| elative | mainast | mainoist |
| allative | mainalle | mainoille |
| adessive | mainaal | mainoil |
| ablative | mainalt | mainoilt |
| translative | mainaks | mainoiks |
| essive | mainanna, mainaan | mainoinna, mainoin |
| exessive1) | mainant | mainoint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Synonyms
Hypernyms
- avanto (“ice hole”)
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 292
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
maina (possessed mainary)
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 311
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “maña”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 264; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes, Paris, 1956, page 259
Verb
maina
- third-person singular/plural present indicative of mainīt
- (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of mainīt
- (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of mainīt
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adjective
maina
- dry (not wet)
- desiccated
Etymology 1
Noun
maina
Verb
maina
- to lay mines
Etymology 2
Noun
maina
- myna (species of bird)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ماينا (mayna).
Verb
a maina (third-person singular present mainează, past participle mainat) 1st conjugation
- (navigation) to lower the sail using a rope
Conjugation
| infinitive | a maina | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | mainând | ||||||
| past participle | mainat | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | mainez | mainezi | mainează | mainăm | mainați | mainează | |
| imperfect | mainam | mainai | maina | mainam | mainați | mainau | |
| simple perfect | mainai | mainași | maină | mainarăm | mainarăți | mainară | |
| pluperfect | mainasem | mainaseși | mainase | mainaserăm | mainaserăți | mainaseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să mainez | să mainezi | să maineze | să mainăm | să mainați | să maineze | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | mainează | mainați | |||||
| negative | nu maina | nu mainați | |||||
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