From patrino +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /paˈtrina/

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• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: pa‧tri‧na

patrina (accusative singular patrinan, plural patrinaj, accusative plural patrinajn)

1. maternal, mother's

From patrīnus (“godfather”) +‎ -a (feminine ending).

patrīna f (genitive patrīnae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)

1. godmother

   Synonym: mātrīna

• Catalan: padrina
• Occitan: pairina
• Sicilian: parrina

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “matrīna”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 500