aja

See also: Aja, AJA, ajá, ajā, aǰá, ája, Ája, a̱ja, and -āja

Arin

Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔej- (“pine”). Compare Kott ei (“pine”).

Noun

aja

1. a pine tree

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic آيَة (ʔāya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.jaː/
• Hyphenation: aja
• Rhymes: -aːjaː

• Audio:

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Noun

aja f (plural aja's, diminutive ajaatje n)

1. ayah, verse of the Qur'an

Holonyms

• Koran
• soera

Estonian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑjɑ

Noun

aja

1. genitive singular of aeg

Verb

aja

1. inflection of ajama:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑjɑˣ/, [ˈɑ̝jɑ̝(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑjɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): aja

Verb

aja

1. inflection of ajaa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

• jaa, jaa.

Galician

Verb

aja

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of agir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Greenlandic

Alternative forms

• ajak

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *aja(ɣ).

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /aja/, [a.ja]

Noun

aja (plural ajat)

1. maternal aunt

Declension

Declension of aja

	singular	plural
absolutive	aja	ajat
ergative	ajap	ajat
allative	ajamut	ajanut
ablative	ajamit	ajanit
prosecutive	ajakkut	ajatigut
locative	ajami	ajani
instrumental	ajamik	ajanik
equative	ajatut	ajatut

References

• aja in Katersat

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ad͡ʒaʔ]

Conjunction

aja

1. only

Igbo

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ád͡ʒá/

Noun

aja

1. earth, sand, mud

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /àd͡ʒà/

Noun

àjà

1. sacrifice

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈad͡ʒa]
• Hyphenation: aja
• Rhymes: -a

• Audio (Indonesia):

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Adverb

aja

1. (colloquial) aphetic form of saja.

Further reading

• “aja” 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.

Javanese

Romanization

aja

1. Romanization of ꦲꦗ

Koorete

FWOTD – 11 December 2016

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ajːa/

Noun

aja

1. bow (weapon)

References

• Lydia Hoeft, Ralph Siebert, Sociolinguistic survey report of the Abbaya/Chamo area of Ethiopia part 1 (2001), SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2002-025: 33, page 17

Manchu

Romanization

aja

1. Romanization of ᠠᠵᠠ

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Marathi आजोबा (ājobā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adʒa/

Noun

aja

1. grandfather

   Synonym: granper

Occitan

Verb

aja

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of aver
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of aver
3. second-person singular imperative of aver

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀅𑀚 (Brahmi script)
• अज (Devanagari script)
• অজ (Bengali script)
• අජ (Sinhalese script)
• အဇ or ဢၹ (Burmese script)
• อช or อะชะ (Thai script)
• ᩋᨩ (Tai Tham script)
• ອຊ or ອະຊະ (Lao script)
• អជ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄎 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अज (aja), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haȷ́ás, from Proto-Indo-European.

Noun

aja m

1. goat

Declension

Declension table of "aja" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ajo	ajā
Accusative (second)	ajaṃ	aje
Instrumental (third)	ajena	ajehi or ajebhi
Dative (fourth)	ajassa or ajāya or ajatthaṃ	ajānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	ajasmā or ajamhā or ajā	ajehi or ajebhi
Genitive (sixth)	ajassa	ajānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	ajasmiṃ or ajamhi or aje	ajesu
Vocative (calling)	aja	ajā

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ʒɐ/

• Homophone: haja
• Hyphenation: a‧ja

Verb

aja

1. inflection of agir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative
2. Obsolete spelling of haja.

Rayón Zoque

Noun

aja

1. canoe

References

• Harrison, Roy, B. de Harrison, Margaret, López Juárez, Francisco, Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 3

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaxa/ [ˈa.xa]

• Audio (Bolivia):

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• Rhymes: -axa
• Syllabification: a‧ja

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin ascia.

Noun

aja f (plural ajas)

1. adze

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

aja

1. inflection of agir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative
2. inflection of ajar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “aja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Interjection

aja

1. Indicates (mild) resignation and wanting to move on from a subject; oh well

   Aja, det får duga

   Oh well, it'll have to do

   Vi borde kanske packat ner ett paket strumpor till, men aja, nu måste vi åka

   Maybe we should've packed another pack of socks, but oh well, we have to go now

Usage notes

Very common in speech. Less common in more literary writing.

See also

• jaja
• åja

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	aja
Brazilian standard	aja
New Tribes	aja

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aha]

Verb

aja

1. (intransitive) to drip

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “aja”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[2], Lyon

Yoruba

Àwọn ajá.

Alternative forms

• azá (Ào)

Etymology 1

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *a-já, from Proto-Edekiri *á-já, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *á-byá. Cognates include Igala ábíá and Olukumi azá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.d͡ʒá/

Noun

ajá

1. dog

   Synonyms: (specifically a pet dog) olókílì, lókílì, ọ̀kẹ́rẹ́gbà, kítà

   Synonym: (a dog used for ritual sacrifice) ọ̀kọ́

   Synonym: (juvenile dog) kílìwí

Descendants

• Lucumí: ayá

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.d͡ʒà/

Noun

àjà

1. ceiling, platform
2. attic
3. story, roof

Derived terms

• ilé alájà (“bungalow”)
• àjà ilé (“ceiling”)
• àjà-ilẹ̀ (“basement”)
• òkè àjà (“attic”)