teleksak
noun
English. A bird, probably the dollar bird,
Scientific name. Eurystomus orientalis
Note. Name is onomatopoeic of bird's call, perceived as teleksak.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Ki teleksak, ginis manukmanuk, melunaw, laak sa' gebii na, mbaluy mantianak. Sa' elupan, beluyen menamad.
English. A dollar bird is a variety of blue-green bird that turns into a mantianak spirit at night. But if it is made very angry, it turns into a man-eating spirit.
Generic. manukmanuk