jauja

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Lithuanian

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Jauja

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian jaūja (“threshing floor”), Old Prussian jauge (“drying shed”). From the same root as javai (“cereals, grains”).

Noun

jáuja f (plural jáujos) stress pattern 1

  1. a drying room for grains, or a barn with such a room
    Synonyms: duoba, džiovykla
  2. the amount of grain processed in such a room
  3. a threshing barn
    Synonyms: klojimas, kluonas

Declension

Declension of jáuja
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) jáuja jáujos
genitive (kilmininkas) jáujos jáujų
dative (naudininkas) jáujai jáujoms
accusative (galininkas) jáują jáujas
instrumental (įnagininkas) jáuja jáujomis
locative (vietininkas) jáujoje jáujose
vocative (šauksmininkas) jáuja jáujos

References

  • “jauja”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “jauja”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 207

Spanish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from a place in modern-day Peru?”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxauxa/
  • Rhymes: -auxa
  • Syllabification: jau‧ja

Noun

jauja f (plural jaujas)

  1. fun place

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