Expression of understanding; aha, OK, alright · alright, well (as a filler, acknowledging some internal realization, roughly) · Expresses (disapproving) interest at learning something.
very, rather, quite · exactly, precisely, just · completely, totally
köken: From Proto-Finnic *aivan (an instructive singular, compare ihan), probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háywas, or alternatively from Proto-Germanic *aiwaz (“long time”). Cognate with Votic aiva (“always”) and Estonian aiva (“always”).