eina
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Afrikaans eina, from the Khoekhoe people of the Kalahari Desert: é + ná.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈeɪnə/
Rhymes: -eɪnə
=== Interjection ===
eina
(South Africa) Ouch! (an exclamation of pain)
=== References ===
Lost Khoisan Tribe
=== Anagrams ===
NAEI, anie
== Afrikaans ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Khoekhoe (see eina).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈəi̯.na/
=== Interjection ===
eina
ouch! ow! (exclamation of pain)
== Bavarian ==
=== Etymology ===
Compare German einher.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /aɪ̯nɐ/, /ˈaɛnɐ/
IPA(key): /ˈaɛnɐ/, /æːnɐ/ (East Central)
=== Adverb ===
eina
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): (Valencia) [ˈej.na]
=== Noun ===
eina f (plural eines)
tool
Synonym: (Valencia) ferramenta
==== See also ====
estri
=== Further reading ===
“eina”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“eina”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“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
accusative feminine singular of einn (“one”)
== Lithuanian ==
=== Verb ===
eina
third-person singular present of eiti
third-person plural present of eiti
== Old Norse ==
=== Adjective ===
eina
inflection of einn:
strong feminine accusative singular
strong masculine accusative plural
weak feminine/neuter nominative singular
weak masculine/neuter accusative/dative/genitive singular