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aina

Pronunciation: /ˈɑi̯nɑ/

“aina” is a Finnish word. Its 4 meanings in English:

adverb

  1. always
  2. all the way to, (all the way) until
  3. more and more, ever more (progressively more)

noun

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

Etymology

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

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