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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- sarv
Hypernyms
- ren
Etymology 2
From Dutch waaien, from Proto-Germanic *wēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-.
Verb
vaja (present vajar, preterite vajade, supine vajat, imperative vaja)
- 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
- Både norska och svenska flaggor vajade.
- 2000, Claes Arvidsson, Hurra, hurra
Conjugation
Conjugation of vaja (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | vaja | — | ||
| Supine | vajat | — | ||
| Imperative | vaja | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | vajen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | vajar | vajade | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | vaja | vajade | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | vaje | vajade | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | vajande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
References
- vaja in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams
- Java