# lina
## Latin
### Noun

līna
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of līnum

## Livonian
### Alternative forms

* (Courland) linā

### Etymology

From East Baltic, just as Estonian lina. Compare Lithuanian linas and Latvian lini.
Hypothetised to be derived from Proto-Indo-European *lino-, although it's impossible to reconstruct a common PIE protoform due to discrepancies with other European branches and absence of cognates outside of Europe.
If originally a non-IE loanword, locating the source is impossible because cultivation of linen was widespread in the region since the Neolithic.

### Noun

lina
* flax

## Northern Ndebele
### Etymology

From Proto-Nguni *niná.

### Pronoun

liná
* you, you all; second-person plural absolute pronoun.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

lina f
* definite singular of line

## Old High German
### Etymology

From the Old High German noun līn.

### Noun

līna f
* a line, a yarn (originally made of flax)

#### Descendants

* German: Leine
* Central Franconian: Leng, Lein

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈli.na/
* Audio 1:(file)
* Audio 2:(file)
* Rhymes: -ina
* Syllabification: li‧na

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle High German līne. Doublet of len.

#### Noun

lina f (diminutive linka, related adjective linowy)
* line, rope, cord, string, twine (hick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

lina m animal
* genitive/accusative singular of lin

### Further reading

* lina in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* lina in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* lina in PWN's encyclopedia

## Proto-Norse
### Romanization

līna
* Romanization of ᛚᛁᚾᚨ

## Swahili
### Verb

lina
* ji-ma class subject inflected singular present affirmative of -wa na

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse lína, from Proto-Germanic *līnǭ (“line, rope, flaxen cord, thread”), from *līną (“flax”).
Hypothetised to be derived from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”), although it's impossible to reconstruct a common PIE protoform due to discrepancies with other European branches and absence of cognates outside of Europe.
If originally a non-IE loanword, locating the source is impossible because cultivation of linen was widespread in the region since the Neolithic.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Gotland):(file)

### Noun

lina c
* a wire, a rope, a line

#### Derived terms

* ankarlina
* backelina
* beslagslina
* bogseringslina
* bogserlina
* bojlina
* bärlina
* dra en lina
* dragglina
* draglina
* drivlina
* fisklina
* flagglina
* fånglina
* förtöjningslina
* harpunlina
* hisslina
* jaglina
* kastlina
* klädlina
* livlina
* lodlina
* logglina
* löplina
* nylonlina
* parlina
* raketlina
* roderlina
* räddningslina
* skevroderlina
* stållina
* säkerhetslina
* tjuderlina
* tolklina
* torklina
* trållina
* tvättlina
* vakarlina
* vevlingslina
* vinschlina
* visa sig på styva linan

#### See also

* rep
* snöre
* tross
* tåg
* vajer
* vant

### Further reading

* lina in Svensk ordbok.
* lina in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

### Anagrams

* lian

## Votic
### Alternative forms

* liinõ

### Etymology

Borrowed from Estonian lina.

### Pronunciation

* (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈlinɑ/, [ˈlinɑ]
* Rhymes: -inɑ
* Hyphenation: li‧na

### Noun

lina
* flax, linen

#### Inflection
### References

* Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “lina”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn