maina
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Chichewa
Noun
maína class 6
Cimbrian
Determiner
maina
Dutch
Etymology
From Hindi मैना (mainā) / Urdu مینا (mainā).
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
maina c (plural maina's, diminutive mainaatje n)
- A myna (bird)
Derived terms
Further reading
maina on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Estonian
Noun
maina
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
maina
Derived terms
compounds
Etymology 2
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 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 | ||
| abessive | mainatta | mainoitta | ||
| instructive | — | mainoin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Derived terms
Anagrams
Garo
Etymology
Pronoun
maina
Conjunction
maina
Hausa
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
mainà m (possessed form mainàn)
See also
Ingrian
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian майна (majna).
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmɑi̯nɑ/,
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmɑi̯nɑ/,
- Rhymes: -ɑi̯n, -ɑi̯nɑ
- Hyphenation: mai‧na
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
Kari'na
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
Latvian
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
Malagasy
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
maina
- dry (not wet)
- desiccated
Maori
Etymology 1
Noun
maina
Verb
maina
- to lay mines
Etymology 2
Noun
maina
- myna (species of bird)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ماينا (mayna).
Verb
a maina (third-person singular present mainează, past participle mainat) 1st conj.
- (navigation) to lower the sail using a rope
Conjugation
conjugation of maina (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
| 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 | |||||