aina

See also: Aina, aína, aïna, ʻaina, -aina, ʻāina, and aïnà

Esperanto

Adjective

aina (accusative singular ainan, plural ainaj, accusative plural ainajn)

  1. Ainu (of or relating to the Ainu people of northern Japan)
  • aino (“Ainu (n.)”)

Estonian

Etymology

Possibly of Baltic origin. Compare Lithuanian vienat (“only”).

Adverb

aina

  1. on and on, always
    Läheb aina külmemaks.
    It's always getting colder.
    Venib aina pikemaks.
    It's getting longer and longer

Finnish

Etymology

Possibly from a Baltic language, compare Old Prussian ainat ("always, constantly") and Lithuanian vienàt ("only").

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɑinɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑinɑ
  • Hyphenation: ai‧na

Adverb

aina

  1. always
    Hän on aina myöhässä.
    He/she is always late.

Antonyms

Derived terms

Compounds

Noun

aina

  1. (fishing) The string in the upper or lower edge of a fishing net or seine.

Declension

Inflection of aina (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
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
instructive — ainoin
abessive ainatta ainoitta
comitative — ainoineen

Synonyms

Anagrams

Gothic

Romanization

aina

  1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰

Hawaiian

Noun

aina

  1. coition

Swahili

Noun

aina (n class, plural aina)

  1. kind, type

Swedish

Etymology

From Turkish aynasız meaning "without mirror", referring to the police being shameless and unwilling to look at themselves in the mirror.

Noun

aina ?

  1. (uncountable, slang) police
    Aina kommer!
    "The cops are coming!"

Synonyms

Tungag

Noun

aina

  1. woman

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)
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