aine

aine (dual ainerom, plural ainekon) (noun class 1)

1. bandicoot^[1]

A 19th-century literary loan from Finnish aine.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯ne/, [ˈɑi̯ne̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑine

aine (genitive aine, partitive ainet)

1. substance, material
2. matter
3. school subject, university course

• toitaine

From *aineh, related to Karelian aineh and Estonian aine (loan from Finnish), probably borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *afniz (compare Swedish ämne (“matter, subject”)). The correspondence of Germanic *f with Finnish i may seem exceptional,^[1] but has a parallel in eine. The sense "essay" was coined by Finnish folklorist and linguist Daniel Europaeus in 1853 (as ainekirjoitus).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯neˣ/, [ˈɑ̝i̯ne̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑine
• Syllabification^(key): ai‧ne
• Hyphenation^(key): ai‧ne

aine

1. matter, material, substance
2. subject, discipline (particular area of study, especially one taught in a school)

   Hänen lempiaineensa on fysiikka.

   Her favorite subject is physics.

3. essay (written composition of moderate length exploring a particular issue or subject written as part of one's schoolwork)

   aine historiasta ― an essay on history

• (matter): materia
• (area of study): oppiaine
• (essay): ainekirjoitus, essee

• “aine”, 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 2 July 2023

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *inguinem, a masculine form of the Classical Latin neuter noun inguen.

• IPA^(key): /ɛn/

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• Rhymes: -ɛn
• Homophones: aines (general), haine, haines (with aspiration)

aine f (plural aines)

1. groin

• inguinal

• “aine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

aine

1. woman

• Ginny Sullivan, Iango Mai Kiribati (1986)

From Proto-Finnic *ainëh. Cognates include Finnish aine.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯ne/, [ˈɑi̯n]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯ne/, [ˈɑi̯ne̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑi̯n, -ɑi̯ne
• Hyphenation: ai‧ne
• Homophone: ain

aine

1. material
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 24:

     Heinän söökiil lammas kasvattaa lihhoja ja ku susi sööp lampaan, ni sil viisii hänen toittu tekahuu niist aineist, kummiil toittiis lammas.

     With the food from hay the sheep grows its meat and when the wolf eats the sheep, that way his feeding is made up from those materials, with which the sheep fed itself.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯ne/, [ˈɑi̯n]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯ne/, [ˈɑi̯ne̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑi̯n, -ɑi̯ne
• Hyphenation: ai‧ne

aine

1. alternative form of ain
   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 9:

     Talveel aine lampinka noisemma ylös ja lampinka illassamma.

     In the winter we always get up with a lamp and eat supper with a lamp.

áine

1. woman

• Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, The Art of Grammar: A Practical Guide (2015, →ISBN, page 112

• ainih

From ain +‎ -e.

aine

1. (transitive) to iron

   E aine likou.

   She ironed the clothes.