different between kina vs fina

English

Etymology 1

From Tolai kina (“oyster or clamshell”)

Noun

kina (plural kinas or kina)

1. The national currency of Papua New Guinea, divided into 100 toea.

Etymology 2

Maori kina

Noun

kina (plural kinas)

1. Evechinus chloroticus, a sea urchin endemic to New Zealand.

Anagrams

• Akin, Inka, Kian, Naik, akin, kain, naik

Ainu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?ì?ná/

Noun

kina (Kana spelling ??)

1. grass

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?na]
• Rhymes: -?na
• Hyphenation: ki?na
• Homophone: kyna

Noun

kina

1. inflection of kino:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Anagrams

• inka, Inka
• nika

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kina/
• Hyphenation: kin?a
• Rhymes: -ina

Adjective

kina (accusative singular kinan, plural kinaj, accusative plural kinajn)

1. cinematic

Fijian

Adverb

kina

1. therein, herein
2. because of, for the sake of, thereby, hereby, herewith
3. therefore (at the end of a statement or sentence, preceded by o koya o qo)

Finnish

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kin?/, [?kin?]
• Rhymes: -in?
• Syllabification: ki?na

Noun

kina

1. squabble

Declension

Derived terms

• kinata

Anagrams

• Akin, Inka, Kain, inka, kani

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *kina, from Proto-Eskimo *ki-na.

Pronoun

kina

1. who

Usage notes

This word will cause indicative intonation in the sentence it is used, but not if used in isolation.

References

Inuktitut

Pronoun

kina (syllabics ??)

1. (interrogative) who (in a question)

Karitiâna

Noun

kina

1. mammal

Maori

Noun

kina

1. sea urchin

Paiwan

Etymology

Noun

kina

1. mother (female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

Synonyms

• ina

Quechua

Noun

kina

1. Cinchona bark

Declension

Descendants

• English: quinine
• Spanish: quina

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

kina (ki-vi class, plural vina)

1. depth (vertical distance below a surface)
2. rhyme

Verb

kina

1. ki-vi class subject inflected singular present affirmative of -wa na

Tok Pisin

Noun

kina

1. kina
2. a kind of seashell

English

Alternative forms

• see fixing to

Contraction

fina

1. African-American Vernacular form of fixing to: used to express a desire or future action.

References

• fina', The Rice University Neologisms Database

Anagrams

• Fain, an if, fain, naif, naïf

Asturian

Verb

fina

1. third-person singular present indicative of finar
2. second-person singular imperative of finar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?fi.n?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?fi.na/

Adjective

fina

1. feminine singular of fi

Esperanto

Etymology

From fino +? -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fina/
• Hyphenation: fin?a
• Rhymes: -ina
• Audio:

Adjective

fina (accusative singular finan, plural finaj, accusative plural finajn)

1. final

Galician

Adjective

fina

1. feminine singular of fino

Italian

Adjective

fina

1. feminine singular of fino

Anagrams

• naïf

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fi?.na/

Adverb

fina

1. pronominal form of f': in us

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²fi?.n?/ (example of pronunciation)

Adjective

fina

1. (dialectal, nonstandard since 1901) weak feminine/neuter singular of fin
2. (obsolete, nonstandard since 1901) strong feminine plural of fin

Occitan

Adjective

fina

1. feminine singular of fin

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fi.n?/

Noun

fina m

1. woodpecker

   Synonym: *spiht

Declension

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: fi?na

Etymology 1

Adjective

fina

1. feminine singular of fino

Etymology 2

Verb

fina

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of finar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of finar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fina/, [?fi.na]

Adjective

fina

1. feminine singular of fino

Verb

fina

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of finir.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of finir.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of finir.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of finir.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Adjective

fina

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of fin.