[identity profile] cielamara.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] babynames
Anyone know how to pronounce the name "Aina"? According to BTN, it's Finnish and means "the only one". "In the Finnish epic the 'Kalevala' this is the name of a girl who drowns herself when she finds out she must marry the old man Väinämöinen." It's a lovely name, but I am not altogether sure of Finnish vowels.

Date: 2009-05-22 03:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cherryboomstick.livejournal.com
ah-EE-nah

http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/meaning_of_Aina.html

Date: 2009-05-22 03:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sandtree.livejournal.com
Not in Finnish... the emphasis is always on the first syllable.

Date: 2009-05-22 05:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cherryboomstick.livejournal.com
Strange... maybe they mean to pronounce it quickly so it sounds like EYE-nah?

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