ayen

See also: ayɛn

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Variant or relative of "again", in its obsolete sense "against".

Adverb

ayen (not comparable)

  1. Back against.
    • 1486, Juliana Berners, Book of Saint Albans:
      The ſecunde is rebate youre hawke: to yowre fyſt, ⁊ thatt is whan yowre hawke batith, the leeſt meuyng that ye can make with yowre fyſt ſhe will rebate ayen vppon yowre fyſt[.]

Preposition

ayen

  1. Back against.

Anagrams

Mapudungun

Verb

ayen (Raguileo spelling)

  1. To laugh.
  2. first-person singular realis form of ayen; I laughed; I have laughed.

Conjugation

References

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.
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