mantianak noun English. Believed to be a spirit by night, which appears by day as a blue dollar bird (teleksak); has magical powers. Example sentence: Subanen. Mantianak, sa' ndi' da elupan, teleksak. Sa' saliba'en mu pengungitay su talu'en, mbaluy dayun getaw. English. If it hasn't changed, it's a dollard bird. If you bother it by imitating its call, it immediately becomes a person (i.e. a spirit appearing as a person). Generic. ndi' maita'; etaw ulangan