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Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Finnic *vajaga. Related to Estonian vaja, Ingrian vaijaa, Livonian vajāg, Veps vajag and Votic vajagõ. Related to vajota.
Adjective
vajaa (comparative vajaampi, superlative vajain)
- not full; partial; incomplete (often with connotation of falling short)
- Synonyms: vaillinainen, vajanainen, vajavainen, puolitäysi
- Antonym: täysi
Tämä lasi on täysi ja tuo lasi on vajaa.- This glass is full and that glass is not full.
Tämä korttipakka on vajaa: siitä puuttuu ruutuysi.- This deck of cards is incomplete: it is missing the nine of diamonds.
- shy of; short of, less than
- Synonyms: vähän alle, hieman alle
- Antonyms: reilu, runsas
Tästä on heidän talolleen vähän vajaa maili.- It is just shy of a mile from here to their house.
Viimeisen vajaan kymmenen vuoden aikana...- Within the last nearly ten years...
- (informal) wanting, in need of
- Synonym: vailla
Mitä olet vajaa?- What do you want?
- (literally, “What are you in need of?”)
- (colloquial) to (in expressions of clock time)
- Synonym: vaille
kymmentä vajaa kaksi- ten to two
- (colloquial, derogatory) mentally retarded; short for vajaamielinen
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vammainen
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Etymology 2
Noun
vajaa
- partitive singular of vaja
Minä en näe vajaa.- I don't see a(ny)/the shed.
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