vaj

Translingual

Symbol

vaj

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Sekele.

English

Alternative forms

• vadge, vag

Pronunciation

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Noun

vaj (plural vajes)

1. (slang, rare) The vagina.
   • See Citations:vaj

Anagrams

• JAV, jav

Albanian

Alternative forms

• vahj — Arbëresh
• valë — Cham
• voj — Gheg

Etymology 1

• Uncertain. Perhaps from the alternative, the interjection meaning 'woe', connecting the tears with oil. Another theory suggests the term vaj might have evolved from Old Albanian *vaīlë (compare the dialectal forms) and earlier *ewaila, becoming cognate with Ancient Greek *ἐλαίϝα (*elaíwa) and Old Armenian եւղ (ewł, “oil”) both, in turn, deriving from a Mediterranean substrate language.

• From Proto-Albanian *u̯ɔλa, from Vulgar Latin *oli̯u, from Latin oleum, from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion).

Noun

vaj m (plural vajra, definite vaji, definite plural vajrat)

1. oil

Derived terms

• vajguri (“petroleum”)

Etymology 2

Possibly from Proto-Albanian *uai, from Proto-Indo-European *wáy, *uai (“woe!, alas!”); similar words are found in several European languages. Cognate to Ancient Greek ὀά (oá, “woe!, alas!”) and Old Armenian վայ (vay, “cry of pain”), Latin vae, Icelandic vei, Dutch wee, English woe. Compare also Romanian vai, Serbo-Croatian авај (avaj), Italian guai. In view of a widespread secondary meaning 'to cry', one may also consider Proto-Albanian *vabja, connected with Old Church Slavonic вабимо (vabimo, “being lured”), Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wōpjan, “call out”), Old English wēpan (“weep, cry”).

Interjection

vaj

1. woe!, alas!

Related terms

• vajtoj
• kukuvajkë

References

Francisco León Zoque

Noun

vaj

1. red morning glory (Ipomoea coccinea)

References

• Engel, Ralph, Allhiser de Engel, Mary, Mateo Alvarez, José (1987) Diccionario zoque de Francisco León (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 30)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 218

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɒj

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *waje. Cognates include Northern Mansi во̄й (wōj) and Finnish voi.

Noun

vaj (countable and uncountable, plural vajak)

1. butter (a soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk))

   Régen mindig vajjal főztünk. ― In the old days, we always cooked with butter.

2. butter (any of various foodstuffs made from other foods or oils, similar in consistency to, eaten like or intended as a substitute for butter (preceded by the name of the food used to make it))

   mogyoróvaj ― peanut butter

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic, imitating an involuntary burst of sound.

Interjection

vaj

1. (literary, obsolete) oh

   Synonyms: vajh, hej, haj, jaj

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• (butter): vaj 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
• ( or): vaj 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
• ( I wonder): vaj 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
• ( oh): vaj 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

Romani

Conjunction

vaj

1. or

Swedish

Etymology

Originally an older Stockholm pronunciation of varg (“wolf, defect product”), with loss of /r/ before /j/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaj/
• Rhymes: -aj

Noun

vaj (indeclinable)

1. (colloquial) something wrong

Derived terms

• vajsing

References

• vaj in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Tzotzil

Pronunciation

• (Zinacantán) IPA^(key): /βäh/

Noun

vaj

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Derived terms

• kaxlan vaj

References

• “vah(3)” in Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va˥˧/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 王 (MC hjwang|hjwangH, “king”) or Mandarin 王 (wáng, “id”).

Noun

vaj (classifier: tus)

1. king, ruler

Etymology 2

From Proto-Hmong *waŋᴬ (“garden”), borrowed from Old Chinese 園 (OC *ɢʷan, “garden”). Cognate with Proto-Mien *hwunᴬ (“id”).

Noun

vaj (classifier: lub)

1. a garden, an enclosure for planting vegetables, fruit, etc.
2. a fence, arena, enclosed wall

   Tuaj, peb xov vaj ncig daim teb. ― Come, we'll put a fence around the field.

3. a park

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 398.