lina

līna

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of līnum

• (Courland) linā

From East Baltic, just as Estonian lina. Compare Lithuanian linas and Latvian lini.

Hypothetised to be derived from Proto-Indo-European *lino-, although it's impossible to reconstruct a common PIE protoform due to discrepancies with other European branches and absence of cognates outside of Europe.

If originally a non-IE loanword, locating the source is impossible because cultivation of linen was widespread in the region since the Neolithic.

lina

1. flax

From Proto-Nguni *niná.

liná

1. you, you all; second-person plural absolute pronoun.

lina f

1. definite singular of line

From the Old High German noun līn.

līna f

1. a line, a yarn (originally made of flax)

• German: Leine
• Central Franconian: Leng, Lein

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.na/

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• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: li‧na

Borrowed from Middle High German līne. Doublet of len.

lina f (diminutive linka, related adjective linowy)

1. line, rope, cord, string, twine (hick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lina m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of lin

• lina in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lina in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• lina in PWN's encyclopedia

līna

1. romanization of ᛚᛁᚾᚨ

lina

1. ji-ma class subject inflected singular present affirmative of -wa na

From Old Norse lína, from Proto-Germanic *līnǭ (“line, rope, flaxen cord, thread”), from *līną (“flax”).

Hypothetised to be derived from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”), although it's impossible to reconstruct a common PIE protoform due to discrepancies with other European branches and absence of cognates outside of Europe.

If originally a non-IE loanword, locating the source is impossible because cultivation of linen was widespread in the region since the Neolithic.

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lina c

1. a wire, a rope, a line

• rep
• snöre
• tross
• tåg
• vajer
• vant

• lina in Svensk ordbok.
• lina in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• lian

• liinõ

Borrowed from Estonian lina.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈlinɑ/, [ˈlinɑ]
• Rhymes: -inɑ
• Hyphenation: li‧na

lina

1. flax, linen

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “lina”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

From Proto-Bantu *ìjínà.

lina class 5 (plural mena)

1. name
2. enthronement