taju

Probably from taitaa +‎ -u, which regularly would give *taitu, but with levelling from the oblique stem (as in i.e. tajuissaan), which in Eastern Finnish sees a regular loss of -d- (thus *taidu- > taju), and with later internal borrowing into the western dialects. Traditionally held to be derived instead from a root *taje- which would have also yielded taitaa, taittaa, taipua, taimi, etc., but the semantic connections are quite weak. For the semantic link between taitaa and taju, note that taitaa has meanings like "to understand" in the older language, while taju in some eastern dialects also has the meaning "skill".

Karelian taju is borrowed from Finnish, as are modern Estonian taju, tajuma (< tajuta). The exact nature of taioman olla attested in Wiedemann's Estonian-German dictionary is uncertain, but may also represent a borrowing from Finnish or a parallel derivative.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑju/,
• Rhymes: -ɑju
• Hyphenation^(key): ta‧ju

taju

1. consciousness

   Hän menetti tajunsa.

   He lost his consciousness.

   olla tajuissaan ― to be conscious (alert, awake)

   tulla tajuihinsa ― to become conscious

   taju kankaalla ― unconscious, knocked-out

2. sense, awareness

   Hänellä on hyvä huumorintaju.

   She has a good sense of humour.

• “taju”, 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtad͡ʒu/
• Hyphenation: ta‧ju
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒu, -u

Related to Indonesian taji (“spur”).

taju (plural taju-taju)

1. (anatomy) protruding cartilage

taju (plural taju-taju)

1. alternative spelling of tajuk

• “taju” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

taju m

1. inflection of tajs:
   1. accusative/instrumental singular
   2. genitive plural