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
- parrot, racquet-tail, parakeet (used in common names of numerous parrot species)
- (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
- papukaija
Etymology 2
From Swedish kaj (“quay, wharf”).
Noun
kaija
- (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
- (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
- kajava
Etymology 4
Noun
kaija
- 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
- (poetic) kaiva
Etymology
Ultimately a sound symbolic word, based on the seagull's squawk (kai, ke; cf. Russian чайка (čajka)).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kāīja]
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Noun
kaija f (4th declension)
- 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 |
Related terms
- kajaks
See also
- kaiva f
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “kaija”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN