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maina
maina
See also: mainá
Finnish
Noun
maina
- Essive plural form of maa.
Etymology 2
Noun
maina
- myna (bird of the genera Mino, Enodes, Ampeliceps, Gracula and Acridotheres in the starling family Sturnidae)
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 | |
| instructive | — | mainoin | |
| abessive | mainatta | mainoitta | |
| comitative | — | mainoineen | |
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”).