eina

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪnə/
• Rhymes: -eɪnə

eina

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

   Eina! I hit my thumb with the hammer!

• Lost Khoisan Tribe

• NAEI, anie

Borrowed from Khoekhoe (see eina).

• IPA^(key): /ˈəi̯.na/

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eina

1. ouch! ow! (exclamation of pain)

Compare German einher.

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

eina

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

   Antonym: außa

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).

• eine
• eini

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

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.

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

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eina f (plural eines)

1. tool

   Synonym: (Valencia) ferramenta

• estri

• “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, 2025
• “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.

eina

1. accusative feminine singular of einn (“one”)

eina

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

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