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Yes. The word eina is a Scrabble US word. The word eina is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word eina is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

E1I1N1A1

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4-letter words (2 found)

AINE,EINA,

3-letter words (6 found)

AIN,ANE,ANI,EAN,NAE,NIE,

2-letter words (8 found)

AE,AI,AN,EA,EN,IN,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 17 words from eina according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of eina

eina iena enia neia inea niea eian iean eain aein iaen aien enai neai eani aeni naei anei inae niae iane aine naie anie

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Definitions and meaning of eina

eina

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeɪnə/
  • Rhymes: -eɪnə

Interjection

eina

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

References

  • Lost Khoisan Tribe

Anagrams

  • NAEI, anie

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from Khoekhoe (see eina).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈəi̯.na/

Interjection

eina

  1. ouch! ow! (exclamation of pain)

Bavarian

Etymology

Compare German einher.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

eina

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

Usage notes

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).

Related terms

  • eine
  • eini

Catalan

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

eina f (plural eines)

  1. tool
    Synonym: (Valencia) ferramenta

See also

  • estri

Further reading

  • “eina” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “eina”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “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.

Icelandic

Numeral

eina

  1. accusative feminine singular of einn

Declension

Lithuanian

Verb

eina

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

Old Norse

Adjective

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

Source: wiktionary.org