vaijaa

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vajaga. Cognates include Finnish vajaa and Estonian vaja.

Pronunciation

Preposition

vaijaa (+ nominative)

  1. (of time) to
    vartti vaijaa kymmen ― quarter to ten

Antonyms

  • yli (“past”)

Adjective

vaijaa

  1. Synonym of tarvis (“necessary”)

Declension

Almost exclusively used in the nominative with the third-person singular of olla

Declension of vaijaa (type 13/harmaa, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative vaijaa vaijaat
genitive vaijaan vaijain
partitive vaijaata vaijaita
illative vaijaasse vaijaisse
inessive vaijaas vaijais
elative vaijaast vaijaist
allative vaijaalle vaijaille
adessive vaijaal vaijail
ablative vaijaalt vaijailt
translative vaijaaks vaijaiks
essive vaijaanna, vaijaan vaijainna, vaijain
exessive1) vaijaant vaijaint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 632
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