The two birds then made a bargain that, if the parrot won, he should have the maina for wife, and if the maina won, the parrot should be her slave, and they came before the prince to get a true judgment.
But the maina answered him, "I do not desire intimate union with a male, for all males are wicked and ungrateful.
Then the maina said, "Listen," and in order to establish her contention, proceeded to relate this story illustrating the faults of males.
When the maina had said this, the king said to the parrot--"Now say your say.
Maina is the country occupied by the mountain range of Taygetus from Sparta to Cape Matapan, the ancient Taenarum.
In the 19th century Maina was but little affected by civilization, except in so far as the efficiency of modern navies debarred the Mainotes from their old resource of piracy.
Set free from the misery of their cage the maina Kalindi and the parrot Parihasa.
But the maina answered him: 'I do not desire intimate union with a male, for all males are wicked and ungrateful.
According to the code of the Maina this was a command to take revenge.
The Maina (Acridotheres tristis) is sacred to the Hindu God Ram Deo, and sits on his hand.
In illuminations for poems and romances the yellow mango bird, the hoopoe, and the maina are occasionally shown, but the distinctive differences lie more in the colouring than in the form.
In Maina the villagers live in fortified towers of three or more storeys; the animals occupy the ground floor, the family the topmost storey; the intermediate space serves as a granary or hay-loft.
Meanwhile, in the south, leaders of another stamp had appeared: Petros, bey of the Maina (q.
All day fresh bands of men in eights and tens from the Maina country arrived in camp, and news was passed from the other stations along the mountain-side that they, too, were filling rapidly.
I must get back to Maina first and see my cousin, Petros Mavromichales, who is the head of the clan, and find out if the clan are prepared to rise in a body.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "maina" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
