Yakan - maye

maye

Ricebird; chestnut mannikin.

fam. Estrildidae, sp. Lonchura malacca jagori

It eats rice and other grains. It is reddish-brown with black head and white beak.

Ekka maye dem tana'kun.

There are many ricebirds in my field.

minaye

To be infested by ricebirds.

Minaye tana'kun.

My field is infested by (and devastated by) ricebirds.

maye semmek

Black ricebird.

It is not really black but has more black than the ordinary kind. They fly in pairs or three together, not in flocks.

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