minah

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My avatar for the longest time was the Minah Bird in the short Inki and the Minah Bird.

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Quick take

A female given name from Arabic.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of minah gathered in one view.

noun

A female given name from Arabic.

noun

Alternative spelling of myna. [One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae.]

noun

(Singapore, colloquial, derogatory) A Malay girl.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for minah.

noun

A female given name from Arabic.

See also: myna, mynah, myna-bird, mina, mynah-bird

noun

Alternative spelling of myna. [One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae.]

See also: myna, mynah, myna-bird, mina, mynah-bird

noun

(Singapore, colloquial, derogatory) A Malay girl.

See also: myna, mynah, myna-bird, mina, mynah-bird

Example sentences

My avatar for the longest time was the Minah Bird in the short Inki and the Minah Bird.

The lion is just unlucky because he keeps running into the Minah bird whenever he's actually got the child in his grasp.

In one of Aldous Huxley's books (island) there is the Minah bird, whose main role in life is to remind people to live 'here and now'.

I've spent many an hour watching my favourite brainiac birds, kea [0] interact, their vocalizations aren't as complex as, say, a tūī or a minah, but they also use facial expressions (for want of a better phrase) intensively when communicating.

But I enjoyed the part I did remember, namely the Minah bird, because the bird was methodical, walked in step with Mendelssohn's "The Hebrides," and could whup the crap out of anything.

Quote examples

But I enjoyed the part I did remember, namely the Minah bird, because the bird was methodical, walked in step with Mendelssohn's "The Hebrides," and could whup the crap out of anything.