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aina.

always

4 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

adv/ˈɑi̯nɑ/[ˈɑ̝i̯nɑ̝]

  1. always

    Hän on aina myöhässä.

  2. all the way to, (all the way) until

    temporal
    aina vuoteen 2000

  3. more and more, ever more (progressively more)

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *aina (compare Estonian aina), probably borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?] (compare Old Prussian ainat (“always, constantly”) and Lithuanian vienàt (“only”)).

noun/ˈɑi̯nɑ/[ˈɑ̝i̯nɑ̝]

  1. the string in the upper or lower edge of a fishing net or seine; line in a gillnet

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *aina (compare Estonian ain), possibly from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ajna.

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