vaj
Translingual
Symbol
vaj
- (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Sekele.
English
Alternative forms
- vadge, vag
Pronunciation
Audio (AU) (file)
Noun
vaj (plural vajes)
- (slang, rare) The vagina.
- See Citations:vaj
Anagrams
- JAV, jav
Albanian
Alternative forms
- vahj (Arbëresh)
- valë (Cham)
- voj (Gheg)
Etymology 1
- Uncertain. Perhaps from the alternative, the interjection meaning 'woe', connecting the tears with oil. Another theory suggests the term vaj might have evolved from Old Albanian *vaīlë (compare the dialectal forms) and earlier *ewaila, becoming cognate with Ancient Greek *ἐλαίϝα (*elaíwa) and Old Armenian եւղ (ewł, “oil”) both, in turn, deriving from a Mediterranean substrate language.
- From Proto-Albanian *u̯ɔλa, from Vulgar Latin *oli̯u, from Latin oleum,[1] from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion).
Noun
vaj m (indefinite plural vajra, definite singular vaji, definite plural vajrat)
- oil
Etymology 2
Possibly from Proto-Albanian *uai, from Proto-Indo-European *wáy, *uai (“woe!, alas!”); similar words are found in several European languages. Cognate to Ancient Greek ὀά (oá, “woe!, alas!”) and Old Armenian վայ (vay, “cry of pain”), Latin vae, Icelandic vei, Dutch wee, English woe. Compare also Romanian vai,Serbo-Croatian авај (avaj), Italian guai. In view of a widespread secondary meaning 'to cry', one may also consider Proto-Albanian *vabja, connected with Old Church Slavonic вабимо (vabimo, “being lured”), Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wōpjan, “call out”), Old English wēpan (“weep, cry”).
Interjection
vaj
- woe!, alas!
Related terms
- vajtoj
- kukuvajkë
References
- Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 245.
Francisco León Zoque
Noun
vaj
- red morning glory (Ipomoea coccinea)
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
From Proto-Ugric *wåjĭ, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *waje. Cognates include Mansi во̄й (vōj) and Finnish voi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvɒj]
Audio (file)
Noun
vaj (countable and uncountable, plural vajak)
- butter
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | vaj | vajak |
| accusative | vajat | vajakat |
| dative | vajnak | vajaknak |
| instrumental | vajjal | vajakkal |
| causal-final | vajért | vajakért |
| translative | vajjá | vajakká |
| terminative | vajig | vajakig |
| essive-formal | vajként | vajakként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | vajban | vajakban |
| superessive | vajon | vajakon |
| adessive | vajnál | vajaknál |
| illative | vajba | vajakba |
| sublative | vajra | vajakra |
| allative | vajhoz | vajakhoz |
| elative | vajból | vajakból |
| delative | vajról | vajakról |
| ablative | vajtól | vajaktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | vajé | vajaké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | vajéi | vajakéi |
| Possessive forms of vaj | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | vajam | vajaim |
| 2nd person sing. | vajad | vajaid |
| 3rd person sing. | vaja | vajai |
| 1st person plural | vajunk | vajaink |
| 2nd person plural | vajatok | vajaitok |
| 3rd person plural | vajuk | vajaik |
Derived terms
- vajas
- vajaz
- kakaóvaj
- mogyoróvaj
(Expressions):
- tejben-vajban füröszt
Further reading
- (butter): vaj in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- ([dialectal] or): vaj in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- ([archaic; alternative form of vajh] I wonder): vaj in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- ([poetic; obsolete; alternative form of vajh] oh): vaj in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Romani
Conjunction
vaj
- or
Swedish
Etymology
Originally an older Stockholm pronunciation of varg (“wolf, defect product”), with loss of /r/ before /j/.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vaj/
- Rhymes: -aj
Noun
vaj (indeclinable)
- (colloquial) something wrong
Derived terms
- vajsing
References
- vaj in Svensk ordbok (SO)
Tzotzil
Pronunciation
- (Zinacantán) IPA(key): /βäh/
Noun
vaj
- tortilla
Derived terms
- kaxlan vaj
References
- “vah(3)” in Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.