kaija

See also: Kaija and kaijā

Finnish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑi̯jɑ/, [ˈkɑi̯j(ː)ɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑijɑ
  • Syllabification(key): kai‧ja

Etymology 1

Abbreviated from papukaija (“parrot”).

Noun

kaija

  1. parrot, racquet-tail, parakeet (used in common names of numerous parrot species)
  2. (zoology, in the plural) Psittacula (genus of parakeet)
Declension
Inflection of kaija (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative kaija kaijat
genitive kaijan kaijojen
partitive kaijaa kaijoja
illative kaijaan kaijoihin
singular plural
nominative kaija kaijat
accusative nom. kaija kaijat
gen. kaijan
genitive kaijan kaijojen
kaijainrare
partitive kaijaa kaijoja
inessive kaijassa kaijoissa
elative kaijasta kaijoista
illative kaijaan kaijoihin
adessive kaijalla kaijoilla
ablative kaijalta kaijoilta
allative kaijalle kaijoille
essive kaijana kaijoina
translative kaijaksi kaijoiksi
instructive — kaijoin
abessive kaijatta kaijoitta
comitative — kaijoineen
Possessive forms of kaija (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person kaijani kaijamme
2nd person kaijasi kaijanne
3rd person kaijansa
Hypernyms

Etymology 2

From Swedish kaj (“quay, wharf”).

Noun

kaija

  1. (nautical, slang) quay
Declension
Inflection of kaija (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative kaija kaijat
genitive kaijan kaijojen
partitive kaijaa kaijoja
illative kaijaan kaijoihin
singular plural
nominative kaija kaijat
accusative nom. kaija kaijat
gen. kaijan
genitive kaijan kaijojen
kaijainrare
partitive kaijaa kaijoja
inessive kaijassa kaijoissa
elative kaijasta kaijoista
illative kaijaan kaijoihin
adessive kaijalla kaijoilla
ablative kaijalta kaijoilta
allative kaijalle kaijoille
essive kaijana kaijoina
translative kaijaksi kaijoiksi
instructive — kaijoin
abessive kaijatta kaijoitta
comitative — kaijoineen
Possessive forms of kaija (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person kaijani kaijamme
2nd person kaijasi kaijanne
3rd person kaijansa

Etymology 3

Variant of kajava.

Noun

kaija

  1. (dialectal) kittiwake (a seabird)
Declension
Inflection of kaija (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative kaija kaijat
genitive kaijan kaijojen
partitive kaijaa kaijoja
illative kaijaan kaijoihin
singular plural
nominative kaija kaijat
accusative nom. kaija kaijat
gen. kaijan
genitive kaijan kaijojen
kaijainrare
partitive kaijaa kaijoja
inessive kaijassa kaijoissa
elative kaijasta kaijoista
illative kaijaan kaijoihin
adessive kaijalla kaijoilla
ablative kaijalta kaijoilta
allative kaijalle kaijoille
essive kaijana kaijoina
translative kaijaksi kaijoiksi
instructive — kaijoin
abessive kaijatta kaijoitta
comitative — kaijoineen
Possessive forms of kaija (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person kaijani kaijamme
2nd person kaijasi kaijanne
3rd person kaijansa
Synonyms

Etymology 4

Noun

kaija

  1. Alternative form of gaija (“guy, guyline”)
Declension
Inflection of kaija (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative kaija kaijat
genitive kaijan kaijojen
partitive kaijaa kaijoja
illative kaijaan kaijoihin
singular plural
nominative kaija kaijat
accusative nom. kaija kaijat
gen. kaijan
genitive kaijan kaijojen
kaijainrare
partitive kaijaa kaijoja
inessive kaijassa kaijoissa
elative kaijasta kaijoista
illative kaijaan kaijoihin
adessive kaijalla kaijoilla
ablative kaijalta kaijoilta
allative kaijalle kaijoille
essive kaijana kaijoina
translative kaijaksi kaijoiksi
instructive — kaijoin
abessive kaijatta kaijoitta
comitative — kaijoineen
Possessive forms of kaija (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person kaijani kaijamme
2nd person kaijasi kaijanne
3rd person kaijansa

Latvian
Kaiju bars

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately a sound symbolic word, based on the seagull's squawk (kai, ke; cf. Russian чайка (čajka)).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kāīja]
(file)

Noun

kaija f (4th declension)

  1. gull, seagull (sea bird of family Laridae, especially genus Larus)
    kaiju bars ― a flock of gulls
    kaiju dzimta ― the gull family (= Laridae)
    kaijas un albatrosi milzīgiem bariem aplido kuģi ― gulls and albatrosses flew around the ship in huge groups

Declension
Declension of kaija (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) kaija kaijas
accusative (akuzatīvs) kaiju kaijas
genitive (ģenitīvs) kaijas kaiju
dative (datīvs) kaijai kaijām
instrumental (instrumentālis) kaiju kaijām
locative (lokatīvs) kaijā kaijās
vocative (vokatīvs) kaija kaijas

See also

References
  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “kaija”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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