vina

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vina"

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit and Hindi वीणा (vīṇā).

Noun

vina (plural vinas)

1. Alternative form of veena.

Anagrams

• VAIN, Vani, Vian, vain, 'avin', Ivan, Naʼvi, ivan, vani

Chichewa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-bína. Cognate with Tumbuka -vina and Yao (Africa) -ŵina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.na/

Verb

-vina (infinitive kuvína)

1. dance

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -vinira
  • Causative: -vinitsa
  • Negative: -savina
  • Reduplicative: -vinavina
  • Repetitive: -vinanso
  • Stative: -vinika

See also

• gule

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech vina, from Proto-Slavic *vina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɪna]
• Rhymes: -ɪna
• Hyphenation: vi‧na
• Homophone: vinna

Noun

vina f

1. guilt

   Antonym: nevina

   dát vinu ― to impute blame

Declension

Declension of vina (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	vina	viny
genitive	viny	vin
dative	vině	vinám
accusative	vinu	viny
vocative	vino	viny
locative	vině	vinách
instrumental	vinou	vinami

Related terms

• obvinění
• obviněný
• obvinit
• povinnost
• povinný
• provinilost
• provinit
• vinit
• viník
• vinný
• zavinit

Further reading

• “vina”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “vina”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “vina”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Ese

Noun

vina

1. tail (of birds, fishes, animals, etc.)

Esperanto

Etymology

From vino +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvina/
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: vi‧na

Adjective

vina (accusative singular vinan, plural vinaj, accusative plural vinajn)

1. wine; of or relating to wine

Further reading

• “vina”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪːna

Noun

vina

1. indefinite genitive plural of vinur

Latin

Noun

vīna n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of vīnum

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian vina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviː.na/
• Rhymes: -iːna

Noun

vina f (plural vini)

1. vein

Related terms

• vinatura
• vinuż
• vvina

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *winǭ, derived from *winiz m (“friend”).

Noun

vina f (genitive vinu, plural vinur)

1. female friend

Declension

Declension of vina (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vina	vinan	vinur	vinurnar
accusative	vinu	vinuna	vinur	vinurnar
dative	vinu	vinunni	vinum	vinunum
genitive	vinu	vinunnar	vinna	vinnanna

Coordinate terms

• vinr m (“friend”)

Derived terms

• fangvina f (“female wrestling opponent”)

Descendants

• Faroese: vina
• Icelandic: vina

Etymology 2

Noun

vina

1. genitive plural of vinr

Further reading

• Richard Cleasby; Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874), “vina”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press

Portuguese

Etymology

From German Wiener, shortened form of Wiener Würstchen.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvĩ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.na/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.nɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.nɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.nɐ/

• Rhymes: -inɐ
• Hyphenation: vi‧na

Noun

vina f (plural vinas)

1. (Paraná) sausage (food made from ground meat packed in a cylindrical casing)

   Synonym: salsicha

   • 2020 July 28, “A “Cidade-Mãe” é a terra do cachorro-quente”, in Folha do Litoral‎^[1], Paranaguá, archived from the original on 6 June 2025:

     Foi o próprio Célio que criou o atual formato do cachorro-quente de Paranaguá, que tanto faz sucesso. Ele e o Kikão são os mais antigos vendedores que ainda estão em atividade. Eles implantaram as duas vinas. Antes disso era só uma vina com batata palha.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “vina”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “vina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Noun

vina

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of vină

Swahili

Verb

vina

1. ki-vi class subject inflected plural present affirmative of -wa na

Swedish

vind som viner

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish hvina, from Old Norse hvína, from Proto-Germanic *hwīnaną. Cognate with English whine.

Verb

vina (present viner, preterite ven, supine vinit, imperative vin)

1. to (move so quickly (through the air) so as to) make a whizzing or whistling noise; to whiz, to whistle

   Kulorna ven förbi oss

   The bullets whizzed past us

   Piskan viner

   The whip whistles (swings through the air with a whistling sound)

2. (of wind) to howl, to whistle

   Vinden ven utanför fönstret

   The wind howled outside the window

   vinden som viner i trädtopparna

   the wind whistling in the tree tops

Conjugation

Conjugation of vina (class 1 strong)

	active		passive
infinitive	vina		—
supine	vinit		—
imperative	vin		—
imper. plural1	vinen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	viner	ven	—	—
ind. plural1	vina	veno	—	—
subjunctive2	vine	vene	—	—
present participle		vinande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• vin

See also

• susa (“sigh, sough”)
• svischa (“swish, swoosh”)

Etymology 2

vin (“wine”) +‎ -a

Verb

vina (present vinar, preterite vinade, supine vinat, imperative vina)

2. (colloquial) to drink wine (to get drunk)

Conjugation

Conjugation of vina (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	vina		vinas
supine	vinat		vinats
imperative	vina		—
imper. plural1	vinen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	vinar	vinade	vinas	vinades
ind. plural1	vina	vinade	vinas	vinades
subjunctive2	vine	vinade	vines	vinades
present participle		vinande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

• öla

Etymology 3

Ultimately from Sanskrit वीणा (vīṇā).

Noun

vina c

1. (music) a veena (plucked string instrument)

Declension

Declension of vina

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	vina	vinas
	definite	vinan	vinans
plural	indefinite	vinor	vinors
	definite	vinorna	vinornas

References

• “vina”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “vina”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “vina”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• vina in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Tumbuka

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bína. Cognate with Chichewa -vina and Yao (Africa) -ŵina.

Verb

-vina (infinitive kuvina)

1. dance

Derived terms

• -vina virombo

Volapük

Noun

vina

1. genitive singular of vin