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English
Pronunciation
Noun
soja (uncountable )
Dated form of soya .
References
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish soja .
Pronunciation
Noun
soja f (plural soges )
soy
soy sauce
Derived terms
Further reading
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese そや ( soya ) , topicalized form of そい ( soi ) , itself the Kagoshima dialectal form of Japanese 醤油 ( shōyu , “ soy sauce ” ) , from Chinese 醬油 / 酱油 ( jiàngyóu ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈsoː.jaː/
Hyphenation: so‧ja
Noun
soja f (plural soja's , diminutive sojaatje n )
soy
Derived terms
Descendants
French
Pronunciation
Noun
soja m (plural sojas )
soy ( sauce )
soy ( plant )
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Hausa
Etymology
From English soldier .
Pronunciation
Noun
sōjà m (plural sōjojī , possessed form sōjàn )
soldier
army
Indonesian
Etymology
From Pre-modern Malay soja , from Cantonese 作揖 (zok3 jap1 , “to bow”).
Pronunciation
Verb
soja
to give homage , to bow .
Synonyms: tunduk , hormat
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Neapolitan
Pronunciation
Adjective
soja
feminine singular of sujo
Nigerian Pidgin
Noun
soja
soldier
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Polish
soja
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish soya .
Pronunciation
Noun
soja f (related adjective sojowy )
( uncountable ) soy , soybean ( plant )
( countable ) soy ( soy beans )
Declension
Further reading
soja in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
soja in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Satsuma Japanese そや ( soya ) , a variant of standard Japanese 醤油 ( しょうゆ , shōyu) . Doublet of shoyu .
Pronunciation
Noun
soja m or f (plural sojas )
soybean ; soy ( Glycine max , a legume plant)
soybean ; soy ( seeds of the soybean plant )
Further reading
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /sǒːja/
Hyphenation: so‧ja
Noun
sója f (Cyrillic spelling со́ја )
soya , soybean
soy (soy sauce)
Declension
Spanish
Common names for soy in the Spanish-speaking world
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch soja ; from the Satsuma dialectal Japanese そや ( soya ) , which is the topicalized form of 醤油 ( そい , soi) (cognate to standard Japanese 醤油 ( しょうゆ , shōyu) ), from Late Middle Japanese 醤油 ( しやうゆ , shiyauyu) , orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 醬油 ( tsjàng-yuw ) , from 醬 ( t͡sɨɐŋH , “ bean paste ” ) + 油 ( “ oil ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈsoxa/
Rhymes: -oxa
Syllabification: so‧ja
Noun
soja f (plural sojas )
soya , soybean
soy (soy sauce)
Synonyms: salsa de soya , salsa de soja , sillao
Derived terms
Further reading
Swedish
Noun
soja c
soy sauce
Synonym: sojasås
soybean (plant and seed)
Synonym: sojaböna
Declension
Declension of soja
Uncountable
Indefinite
Definite
Nominative
soja
sojan
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Genitive
sojas
sojans
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References
Upper Sorbian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *soja .
Noun
soja f
Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius )
Synonyms: škrěkawa , kabija
Etymology 2
Noun
soja f
soybean (Glycine max )
Further reading
Veps
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian со́я ( sója ) .
Noun
soja
soya , soy
Inflection
References
Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007 ) “соя ”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary ] , Petrozavodsk: Periodika