kaja

See also: Kaja, Kája, kāja, and kājā

Balinese

Romanization

kaja

1. Romanization of ᬓᬚ.

Chamicuro

Etymology

From Spanish caja.

Noun

kaja

1. case, box

Estonian

Etymology

Etymology uncertain. Probably a deverbal from kajama (“to echo”), from Proto-Finnic *kajadak. Cognate with Veps kajata (“to echo”, verb) and Northern Sami gádja (“echo”, noun). Possibly from kaikuma, compare Finnish kaikua and kaiku, or vice versa (i.e. kaikuma derived from kaja or kajama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑjɑ/, [ˈkɑ̈jɑ̈]
• Rhymes: -ɑjɑ
• Hyphenation: ka‧ja

Noun

kaja (genitive kaja, partitive kaja)

1. echo
   • 1967, Enn Vetemaa, “Pillimees”, in Loomingu Raamatukogu:

     Mees köhis. Kaja veeres läbi poolpimeda kiriku, tõusis võlvide alla, kustus.

     A man coughed. The echo breezed through the dark church, rose under the arches and died.

Declension

Declension of kaja (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kaja	kajad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kaja
genitive			kajade
partitive		kaja	kajasid
illative		kajja kajasse	kajadesse
inessive		kajas	kajades
elative		kajast	kajadest
allative		kajale	kajadele
adessive		kajal	kajadel
ablative		kajalt	kajadelt
translative		kajaks	kajadeks
terminative		kajani	kajadeni
essive		kajana	kajadena
abessive		kajata	kajadeta
comitative		kajaga	kajadega

Compounds

• järelkaja
• päevakaja
• vastukaja

Related terms

• kajama

See also

• kaikuma

References

• kaja in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “kaja”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Hungarian

Etymology

Back-formation from kajál.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒjɒ]
• Hyphenation: ka‧ja
• Rhymes: -jɒ

Noun

kaja (plural kaják)

1. (informal) grub, chow

   See synonyms at Thesaurus:étel.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	kaja	kaják
accusative	kaját	kajákat
dative	kajának	kajáknak
instrumental	kajával	kajákkal
causal-final	kajáért	kajákért
translative	kajává	kajákká
terminative	kajáig	kajákig
essive-formal	kajaként	kajákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kajában	kajákban
superessive	kaján	kajákon
adessive	kajánál	kajáknál
illative	kajába	kajákba
sublative	kajára	kajákra
allative	kajához	kajákhoz
elative	kajából	kajákból
delative	kajáról	kajákról
ablative	kajától	kajáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	kajáé	kajáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	kajáéi	kajákéi

Possessive forms of kaja
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kajám	kajáim
2nd person sing.	kajád	kajáid
3rd person sing.	kajája	kajái
1st person plural	kajánk	kajáink
2nd person plural	kajátok	kajáitok
3rd person plural	kajájuk	kajáik

Derived terms

• kajás

 

Related terms

• kajál

 

Further reading

• kaja 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

Jarawa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaja/

Noun

kaja (inalienably possessed)

1. mother

   tenmej kaja

   Tenmey's mother

   ma-kaja ʈʰi innen.

   My mother is a non-Jarawa (a foreigner).

References

• Kumar, Pramod (2012) Descriptive and Typological Study of Jarawa^[1] (PhD). Jawaharlal Nehru University. Page 98, 110, passim.

Karaim

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *k(i)aya.

Noun

kaja

1. rock, cliff

References

• N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “kaja”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Mbati

Noun

kaja

1. oil palm

References

• LePage, Sarah Gloria (2020) "The phonology of Mbati"‎^[2], University of North Dakota

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ja/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aja
• Syllabification: ka‧ja
• Homophone: Kaja

Verb

kaja

1. third-person singular present of kajać

Scanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kàɪːa]

Noun

kaja f (definite kajan)

1. (anatomy) The left hand.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German cauwe, from Proto-West Germanic *kahu, from Proto-Germanic *kawō (“jackdaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewH-. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk kaie.

Noun

kaja c

1. a jackdaw (bird)

Declension

Declension of kaja

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kaja	kajas
	definite	kajan	kajans
plural	indefinite	kajor	kajors
	definite	kajorna	kajornas

Synonyms

• (dialectal) alika

Anagrams

• jaka