eina

interjection

Southern African an exclamation of sudden pain

Word Origin for eina

C19: Afrikaans, from Khoi

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Historical Examples of eina

Ok sv, hefir Grettir sagt sjlfr, at eina sn hafi hann st sv, at honum brygi vi.
Beowulf
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