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hoja

See also: höja

Guaraní

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Noun

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hoja

  1. cover

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish foja, from Late Latin folia, from the nominative plural of Latin folium, probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom (“leaf”), from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”). See also folio, borrowed from the Latin. Cognate with English foil and French feuille (“sheet, leaf”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈoxa/ [ˈo.xa]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -oxa
  • Syllabification: ho‧ja

Noun

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hoja f (plural hojas)

  1. leaf (usually green and flat organ that is the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants)
  2. petal (an often brightly coloured component of the corolla of a flower)
  3. blade (narrow leaf of a grass or cereal)
  4. pad (floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant)
  5. sheet, leaf (piece of paper, usually rectangular)
  6. page (one of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book)
  7. form (blank document or template to be filled in by the user)
  8. foil
  9. blade (sharp cutting edge of a knife, sword, etc.)
  10. pane (individual sheet of glass in a window)
  11. side (of bacon)

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Further reading

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic حُجَّة (ḥujja).[1]

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Noun

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hoja (n class, plural hoja)

  1. dispute, argument
  2. business, affair

References

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  1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 69 Nr. 594
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