vaja

See also: vāja, vājā, väja, and Vaja

Finnish

Etymology

Related to vajaa, possibly from development from earlier meaning "gap" as such smaller structures were built between larger buildings.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑjɑ/, [ˈʋɑjɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑjɑ
  • Syllabification(key): va‧ja

Noun

vaja

  1. shed, hut

Declension

Inflection of vaja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative vaja vajat
genitive vajan vajojen
partitive vajaa vajoja
illative vajaan vajoihin
singular plural
nominative vaja vajat
accusative nom. vaja vajat
gen. vajan
genitive vajan vajojen
vajainrare
partitive vajaa vajoja
inessive vajassa vajoissa
elative vajasta vajoista
illative vajaan vajoihin
adessive vajalla vajoilla
ablative vajalta vajoilta
allative vajalle vajoille
essive vajana vajoina
translative vajaksi vajoiksi
instructive vajoin
abessive vajatta vajoitta
comitative vajoineen
Possessive forms of vaja (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person vajani vajamme
2nd person vajasi vajanne
3rd person vajansa

Francisco León Zoque

Noun

vaja

  1. horn

Derived terms

  • vaja saṉsaṉbø
  • vajaꞌøyu

References

  • Engel, Ralph; Allhiser de Engel, Mary; Mateo Alvarez, José (1987) Diccionario zoque de Francisco León (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 30) (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 218

Hungarian

Etymology

vaj (butter) + -a (his/her/its, possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɒjɒ]
  • Hyphenation: va‧ja

Noun

vaja

  1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of vaj

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative vaja
accusative vaját
dative vajának
instrumental vajával
causal-final vajáért
translative vajává
terminative vajáig
essive-formal vajaként
essive-modal vajául
inessive vajában
superessive vaján
adessive vajánál
illative vajába
sublative vajára
allative vajához
elative vajából
delative vajáról
ablative vajától
non-attributive
possessive - singular
vajáé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
vajáéi

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²vaja/
  • Rhymes: -²aja

Etymology 1

From a Sami language, from Proto-Samic *vāčëm.

Noun

vaja c

  1. a female reindeer
Declension
Declension of vaja 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vaja vajan vajor vajorna
Genitive vajas vajans vajors vajornas
Synonyms
  • renko
Antonyms
Hypernyms

Etymology 2

From Dutch waaien, from Proto-Germanic *wēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-.

Verb

vaja (present vajar, preterite vajade, supine vajat, imperative vaja)

  1. to rock, to sway; slowly and gently move back and forth, usually moved by wind or water
    • 2000, Claes Arvidsson, Hurra, hurra
      Både norska och svenska flaggor vajade.
      There were both Norwegian and Swedish flags flying in the wind
Conjugation

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