maina
Chichewa
Finnish
Etymology 1
Etymology 2
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) | |||
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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 mainainrare | |
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 | |
instructive | — | mainoin | |
abessive | mainatta | mainoitta | |
comitative | — | mainoineen |
Derived terms
Hausa
Latvian
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