maja

Cebuano

Noun

maja

1. a pudding, usually made using cornstarch and coconut milk

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• maia

Etymology

From Latin mea, feminine of meus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaja/

Pronoun

maja f (masculine mi)

1. mine; first-person feminine singular possessive pronoun
2. my

Dutch

Interjection

maja

1. maar ja; anyway, anyhow

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *maja. Cognate with Finnish maja, Latvian māja (the direction of borrowing is not clear).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑjɑ

Noun

maja (genitive maja, partitive maja)

1. house

Declension

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *maja. Cognate with Estonian maja and also Latvian māja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑjɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑjɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ma‧ja

Noun

maja

1. hut, cabin, shack
2. (literary) house, residence

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “maja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• jama

Icelandic

Noun

maja f (genitive singular möju, nominative plural möjur)

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Declension

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Malay maja, from Old Javanese maja (“Aegle marmelos”), probably from Prakrit majja (“intoxicant, wine, spirits”), from Sanskrit मद्य (madya, “intoxicating drink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmad͡ʒa/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ja
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒa, -a

Noun

maja (plural maja-maja, first-person possessive majaku, second-person possessive majamu, third-person possessive majanya)

1. (botany) Aegle marmelos
2. (botany) Limonia acidissima

   Synonym: kawista

Further reading

• “maja” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *maja. Cognates include Finnish maja (“hut”) and Estonian maja (“house”).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑjɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑjɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑjɑ
• Hyphenation: ma‧ja

Noun

maja

1. tent
2. (dialectal) house

Declension

Synonyms

• (house): talo

Derived terms

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 292

Mauritian Creole

Alternative forms

• maza

Etymology

From Hindi मज़ा (mazā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /madʒa/, /məza/

Noun

maja

1. fun

   Synonym: lamizman

2. joy, pleasure

   Synonyms: lazwa, plezir

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• majen

Noun

maja m or f

1. definite feminine singular of maje

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ja/

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• Rhymes: -aja
• Syllabification: ma‧ja
• Homophone: Maja

Noun

maja m

1. genitive singular of maj

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaxa/
• Rhymes: -axa
• Syllabification: ma‧ja

Etymology 1

Adjective

maja

1. feminine singular of majo

Etymology 2

Verb

maja

1. inflection of majar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Vilamovian

Noun

maja m

1. May

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *maja.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑjɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑjɑ
• Hyphenation: ma‧ja

Noun

maja

1. house, home
2. shelter

Inflection

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “maja”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn