kaja

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See also: Kaja, Kája, kāja, and kājā

Balinese

Romanization

kaja

  1. Romanization of ᬓᬚ.

Chamicuro

Etymology

From Spanish caja.

Noun

kaja

  1. case, box

Estonian

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Etymology

Etymology uncertain. Probably a deverbal from kajama (“to echo”), from Proto-Finnic *kajadak. Cognate with Veps kajata (“to echo”, verb) and Northern Sami gádja (“echo”, noun). Possibly from kaikuma, compare Finnish kaikua and kaiku, or vice versa (i.e. kaikuma derived from kaja or kajama).

Pronunciation

Noun

kaja (genitive kaja, partitive kaja)

  1. echo
    • 1967, Enn Vetemaa, “Pillimees”, in Loomingu Raamatukogu:
      Mees köhis. Kaja veeres läbi poolpimeda kiriku, tõusis võlvide alla, kustus.
      A man coughed. The echo breezed through the dark church, rose under the arches and died.

Declension

Declension of kaja (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kaja kajad
accusative nom.
gen. kaja
genitive kajade
partitive kaja kajasid
illative kajja
kajasse 		kajadesse
inessive kajas kajades
elative kajast kajadest
allative kajale kajadele
adessive kajal kajadel
ablative kajalt kajadelt
translative kajaks kajadeks
terminative kajani kajadeni
essive kajana kajadena
abessive kajata kajadeta
comitative kajaga kajadega

Compounds

Related terms

See also

References

  • kaja in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “kaja”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Hungarian

Etymology

Back-formation from kajál.

Pronunciation

Noun

kaja (plural kaják)

  1. (informal) grub, chow
    See synonyms at Thesaurus:étel.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kaja kaják
accusative kaját kajákat
dative kajának kajáknak
instrumental kajával kajákkal
causal-final kajáért kajákért
translative kajává kajákká
terminative kajáig kajákig
essive-formal kajaként kajákként
essive-modal — —
inessive kajában kajákban
superessive kaján kajákon
adessive kajánál kajáknál
illative kajába kajákba
sublative kajára kajákra
allative kajához kajákhoz
elative kajából kajákból
delative kajáról kajákról
ablative kajától kajáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		kajáé kajáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		kajáéi kajákéi
Possessive forms of kaja
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kajám kajáim
2nd person sing. kajád kajáid
3rd person sing. kajája kajái
1st person plural kajánk kajáink
2nd person plural kajátok kajáitok
3rd person plural kajájuk kajáik

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • kaja in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Jarawa

Pronunciation

Noun

kaja (inalienably possessed)

  1. mother
    tenmej kaja
    Tenmey's mother
    ma-kaja ʈʰi innen.
    My mother is a non-Jarawa (a foreigner).

References

  • Kumar, Pramod (2012) Descriptive and Typological Study of Jarawa (PhD). Jawaharlal Nehru University. Page 98, 110, passim.

Karaim

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *k(i)aya.

Noun

kaja

  1. rock, cliff

References

  • N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “kaja”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Mbati

Noun

kaja

  1. oil palm

References

  • LePage, Sarah Gloria (2020) "The phonology of Mbati"‎, University of North Dakota

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.ja/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aja
  • Syllabification: ka‧ja
  • Homophone: Kaja

Verb

kaja

  1. third-person singular present of kajać

Scanian

Pronunciation

Noun

kaja f (definite kajan)

  1. (anatomy) The left hand.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German cauwe, from Proto-West Germanic *kahu, from Proto-Germanic *kawō (“jackdaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewH-. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk kaie.

Noun

kaja c

  1. a jackdaw (bird)

Declension

Declension of kaja 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kaja kajan kajor kajorna
Genitive kajas kajans kajors kajornas

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