eina

See also: Eina and einä

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans eina, from the Khoekhoe people of the Kalahari Desert: é +‎ ná.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪnə/
• Rhymes: -eɪnə

Interjection

eina

1. (South Africa) Ouch! (an exclamation of pain)

   Eina! I hit my thumb with the hammer!

References

• Lost Khoisan Tribe

Anagrams

• NAEI, anie

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from Khoekhoe (see eina).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈəi̯.na/

• Audio

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Interjection

eina

1. ouch! ow! (exclamation of pain)

Bavarian

Etymology

Compare German einher.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɪ̯nɐ/, /ˈaɛnɐ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈaɛnɐ/, /æːnɐ/ (East Central)

Adverb

eina

1. in, into, inside (direction towards the speaker)

   Antonym: außa

Usage notes

Bavarian adverbs of direction come in pairs: endings in -i or -e denote direction away from the speaker (akin to hi), and endings in -a denote direction towards the speaker (akin to her).

Related terms

• eine
• eini

Catalan

Alternative forms

• aïna (Western, Valencia)
• eïna (Alghero, dialectal)

Etymology

From earlier aïna, borrowed from Old Occitan aizina, from aize (“comfort”), from Latin adiacēns. Compare Occitan aisina and French aise. Doublet of adjacent, a borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈɛj.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈəj.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈej.na]

• Audio

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Noun

eina f (plural eines)

1. tool

   Synonym: (Valencia) ferramenta

See also

• estri

Further reading

• “eina” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “eina”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “eina” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “eina” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Icelandic

Numeral

eina

1. accusative feminine singular of einn

Declension

declension of eina

	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	einn	ein	eitt	einir	einar	ein
accusative	einn	eina	eitt	eina	einar	ein
dative	einum	einni	einu	einum	einum	einum
genitive	eins	einnar	eins	einna	einna	einna

Lithuanian

Verb

eina

1. third-person singular present of eiti
2. third-person plural present of eiti

Old Norse

Adjective

eina

1. inflection of einn:
   1. strong feminine accusative singular
   2. strong masculine accusative plural
   3. weak feminine/neuter nominative singular
   4. weak masculine/neuter accusative/dative/genitive singular