aina
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Adjective
aina (accusative singular ainan, plural ainaj, accusative plural ainajn)
- Ainu (of or relating to the Ainu people of northern Japan)
Related terms
- aino (“Ainu”, noun)
Estonian
Etymology
Possibly of Baltic origin. Compare Lithuanian vienat (“only”).
Adverb
aina
- on and on, always
- Läheb aina külmemaks. ― It's always getting colder.
- Venib aina pikemaks. ― It's getting longer and longer.
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 2 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "fiu-fin-pro" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. (compare Estonian aina), probably borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Old Prussian ainat (“always, constantly”) and Lithuanian vienàt (“only”)).
Adverb
aina
- always
- Hän on aina myöhässä. ― He/she is always late.
- Antonym: ei koskaan
Derived terms
Compounds
Etymology 2
From Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 2 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "fiu-fin-pro" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. (compare Estonian ain), possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *ainijaz (“juniper”).
Noun
aina
- (fishing) the string in the upper or lower edge of a fishing net or seine; line in a gillnet
- Synonym: paula
Declension
Inflection of aina (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | aina | ainat | ||
genitive | ainan | ainojen | ||
partitive | ainaa | ainoja | ||
illative | ainaan | ainoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | aina | ainat | ||
accusative | nom. | aina | ainat | |
gen. | ainan | |||
genitive | ainan | ainojen ainainrare | ||
partitive | ainaa | ainoja | ||
inessive | ainassa | ainoissa | ||
elative | ainasta | ainoista | ||
illative | ainaan | ainoihin | ||
adessive | ainalla | ainoilla | ||
ablative | ainalta | ainoilta | ||
allative | ainalle | ainoille | ||
essive | ainana | ainoina | ||
translative | ainaksi | ainoiksi | ||
abessive | ainatta | ainoitta | ||
instructive | — | ainoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Etymology 3
Noun
aina
Anagrams
Galibi Carib
Noun
aina
Derived terms
Postposition
aina
- in the hand of
References
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 213-214
Gothic
Romanization
aina
- Romanization of 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰
Hawaiian
Noun
Lote
Noun
aina
References
- Greg Pearson, René van den Berg, Lote Grammar Sketch (2008)
Swahili
Noun
aina (n class, plural aina)
Swedish
Etymology
From Turkish aynasız (“policeman, originally without mirror”), referring to the police being shameless and unwilling to look at themselves in the mirror.
Noun
aina ?
- (uncountable, slang) police
- Aina kommer! ― The cops are coming!
- Synonyms: bängen, farbror blå, polis, snut
Tungag
Noun
aina
Further reading
- Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
- ABVD, citing Beaumont (editor), Lavongai Materials, volume 82 of Pacific Linguistics: Series D (Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra; 1986)
- Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Esperanto/ina
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- Estonian terms with usage examples
- Finnish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑinɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑinɑ/2 syllables
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