aina
Atong (India) edit
Etymology edit
From Bengali আয়না (aẏna), from Classical Persian آیینه (āyīna).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aina (Bengali script আয়্না or আইনা)
References edit
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.
Esperanto edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
aina (accusative singular ainan, plural ainaj, accusative plural ainajn)
- Ainu (of or relating to the Ainu people of northern Japan)
Related terms edit
- aino (“Ainu”, noun)
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *aina, possibly of Baltic origin. Compare Lithuanian vienat (“only”).
Adverb edit
aina (not comparable)
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Finnic *aina (compare Estonian aina), probably borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Old Prussian ainat (“always, constantly”) and Lithuanian vienàt (“only”)).
Adverb edit
aina
- always
- Antonym: ei koskaan
- Hän on aina myöhässä. ― He/she is always late.
- (temporal) all the way to, (all the way) until
- aina vuoteen 2000 ― all the way to year 2000
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “1. aina”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Finnic *aina (compare Estonian ain), possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ajna.
Noun edit
aina
- (fishing) the string in the upper or lower edge of a fishing net or seine; line in a gillnet
- Synonym: paula
Declension edit
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. |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “2. aina”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
aina
Anagrams edit
Garo edit
Etymology edit
From Bengali আয়না (aẏna), from Persian آیینه (âyine).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aina
Gothic edit
Romanization edit
aina
- Romanization of 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰
Hawaiian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aina
Ingrian edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯nɑ/, [ˈɑi̯n]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯nɑ/, [ˈɑi̯nɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑi̯n, -ɑi̯nɑ
- Hyphenation: ai‧na
Adverb edit
aina
- Alternative form of ain
- 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 32:
- Makkaa aina yksintää, siis et noise läsimää.
- Always sleep alone, so you don't get ill.
References edit
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 6
Kari'na edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Cariban *ômija.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aina (possessed ainary)
Derived terms edit
Postposition edit
aina
- in the hand of
References edit
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[3], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 213-214
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “aña”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 83; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[4], Paris, 1956, page 85
Laz edit
Adverb edit
aina
- Latin spelling of აინა (aina)
Lote edit
Noun edit
aina
References edit
- Greg Pearson, René van den Berg, Lote Grammar Sketch (2008)
Rohingya edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aina
Synonyms edit
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic عَيِّنَة (ʕayyina, “sample”).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
aina (n class, plural aina)
Related terms edit
- -ainisha (“to classify”)
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of Turkish aynasız (“police”), from ayna (“mirror”) + -sız (“-less”). Of uncertain origin; see the Turkish main entry.
Noun edit
aina c
- (uncountable, slang, derogatory) the police (collectively)
- Synonyms: farbror blå, snuten, bängen, grisen, bylingen, polisen
- Aina kommer!
- The cops are coming!
- Är du aina?
- Are you a cop?
- 2024 March 14, chapter 2 (22:52 from the start), in IFS – invandrare för svenskar[5], season 3, spoken by Orhan Bicen, Sveriges Television:
- Abow, aina igen, jao!
- Damn, the cop again, yo!
References edit
Tungag edit
Noun edit
aina
Further reading edit
- 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)