paja
Estonian edit
Noun edit
paja
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Finnic *paja. Cognates include Estonian paja, Ingrian paja, Karelian paja, Ludian paja, Livvi paja, Veps paja and Votic paja.
Noun edit
paja
- smithy, forge
- workshop
- Synonym: työpaja
- (slang) workplace
- Synonym: työpaikka
- Olin pajalla koko viikonlopun.
- I spent the whole weekend at work.
Declension edit
Inflection of paja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | paja | pajat | ||
genitive | pajan | pajojen | ||
partitive | pajaa | pajoja | ||
illative | pajaan | pajoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | paja | pajat | ||
accusative | nom. | paja | pajat | |
gen. | pajan | |||
genitive | pajan | pajojen pajainrare | ||
partitive | pajaa | pajoja | ||
inessive | pajassa | pajoissa | ||
elative | pajasta | pajoista | ||
illative | pajaan | pajoihin | ||
adessive | pajalla | pajoilla | ||
ablative | pajalta | pajoilta | ||
allative | pajalle | pajoille | ||
essive | pajana | pajoina | ||
translative | pajaksi | pajoiksi | ||
abessive | pajatta | pajoitta | ||
instructive | — | pajoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “paja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-09-01
Etymology 2 edit
Back-formation from pajauttaa
Noun edit
paja (slang)
Declension edit
Inflection of paja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | paja | pajat | ||
genitive | pajan | pajojen | ||
partitive | pajaa | pajoja | ||
illative | pajaan | pajoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | paja | pajat | ||
accusative | nom. | paja | pajat | |
gen. | pajan | |||
genitive | pajan | pajojen pajainrare | ||
partitive | pajaa | pajoja | ||
inessive | pajassa | pajoissa | ||
elative | pajasta | pajoista | ||
illative | pajaan | pajoihin | ||
adessive | pajalla | pajoilla | ||
ablative | pajalta | pajoilta | ||
allative | pajalle | pajoille | ||
essive | pajana | pajoina | ||
translative | pajaksi | pajoiksi | ||
abessive | pajatta | pajoitta | ||
instructive | — | pajoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Ingrian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *paja. Cognates include Finnish paja and Estonian paja.
Pronunciation edit
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈpɑjɑ/, [ˈpɑjɑ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈpɑjɑ/, [ˈpɑjɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑjɑ
- Hyphenation: pa‧ja
Noun edit
paja
Declension edit
Declension of paja (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | paja | pajat |
genitive | pajan | paijoin |
partitive | paijaa | pajoja |
illative | paijaa | paijoi |
inessive | pajas | pajois |
elative | pajast | pajoist |
allative | pajalle | pajoille |
adessive | pajal | pajoil |
ablative | pajalt | pajoilt |
translative | pajaks | pajoiks |
essive | pajanna, paijaan | pajoinna, paijoin |
exessive1) | pajant | pajoint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
References edit
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 376
Istriot edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin palea, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”); compare Venetian paja.
Noun edit
paja
- straw (dried stalks of cereal plants)
Kashubian edit
Noun edit
paja f
- (derogatory) hand (especially a big one)
Further reading edit
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “rãka”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[2]
Ladino edit
Etymology edit
From Old Spanish, from Latin palea (“chaff”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”).
Noun edit
paja f (Latin spelling)
Makasar edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
paja (Lontara spelling ᨄᨍ)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish paja, from Latin palea (“chaff”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
paja f (plural pajas)
- (countable) straw (dried stalk of a cereal plant)
- (uncountable) straw (dried stalks considered collectively)
- Él tiene puesto un sombrero de paja.
- He is wearing a straw hat
- (literally, “a hat made of straw”)
- drinking straw
- (slang) wank, jerk off, handjob, masturbation
- (colloquial, Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia) lie, falsehood
- Todos los políticos hablan paja.
- All politicians tell lies.
- 2013, Devendra Banhart (lyrics and music), “Mi Negrita”, in Mala:
- Mi amor no te hablo paja / Aunque no es la verdad
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (Peru, slang) very good, great, excellent
- ¡Que canción paja tocaron en la radio!
- What a great song they played on the radio!
- (vulgar, uncountable, Argentina, Chile) laziness, tiredness, fatigue
- ¿Tenemos que caminar treinta cuadras? ¡Qué paja!
- We have to walk thirty blocks? But I'm so tired!
- (vulgar, uncountable, Chile) effort, a task, for example, that requires a lot of energy to complete.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Dutch: pagga
Further reading edit
- “paja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
paja (ma class, plural mapaja)
- thigh
- paja la kuku ― chicken thigh
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Tavringer Romani pagra, paggra (“to break, to destroy”), from Romani phag- (“to break, to destroy”). Related to Sanskrit भनक्ति (bhanakti, “to break”).
Verb edit
paja (present pajar, preterite pajade, supine pajat, imperative paja)
- (intransitive, colloquial) to stop working, to become broken
- Diskmaskinen pajade nyss.
- The dishwasher just broke.
- (transitive, colloquial) to break, to cause to malfunction
- Jag har råkat paja min tv.
- I've accidentally broken my TV.
- Jag råkade paja vasen
- I accidentally broke the vase
Conjugation edit
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | paja | pajas | ||
Supine | pajat | pajats | ||
Imperative | paja | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | pajen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | pajar | pajade | pajas | pajades |
Ind. plural1 | paja | pajade | pajas | pajades |
Subjunctive2 | paje | pajade | pajes | pajades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | pajande | |||
Past participle | pajad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- paja in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- Gerd Carling (2005) “paja”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 96
Venetian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin palea. Compare Italian paglia.
Noun edit
paja f (plural paje)
Veps edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *paja.
Noun edit
paja
Inflection edit
Inflection of paja (inflection type 5/sana) | |||
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nominative sing. | paja | ||
genitive sing. | pajan | ||
partitive sing. | pajad | ||
partitive plur. | pajoid | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | paja | pajad | |
accusative | pajan | pajad | |
genitive | pajan | pajoiden | |
partitive | pajad | pajoid | |
essive-instructive | pajan | pajoin | |
translative | pajaks | pajoikš | |
inessive | pajas | pajoiš | |
elative | pajaspäi | pajoišpäi | |
illative | pajaha | pajoihe | |
adessive | pajal | pajoil | |
ablative | pajalpäi | pajoilpäi | |
allative | pajale | pajoile | |
abessive | pajata | pajoita | |
comitative | pajanke | pajoidenke | |
prolative | pajadme | pajoidme | |
approximative I | pajanno | pajoidenno | |
approximative II | pajannoks | pajoidennoks | |
egressive | pajannopäi | pajoidennopäi | |
terminative I | pajahasai | pajoihesai | |
terminative II | pajalesai | pajoilesai | |
terminative III | pajassai | — | |
additive I | pajahapäi | pajoihepäi | |
additive II | pajalepäi | pajoilepäi |
References edit
Votic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *paja.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
paja
Inflection edit
Declension of paja (type III/jalkõ, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | paja | pajad |
genitive | paja | pajojõ, pajoi |
partitive | pajja | pajoitõ, pajoi |
illative | pajjasõ, pajja | pajoisõ |
inessive | pajaz | pajoiz |
elative | pajassõ | pajoissõ |
allative | pajalõ | pajoilõ |
adessive | pajallõ | pajoillõ |
ablative | pajaltõ | pajoiltõ |
translative | pajassi | pajoissi |
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. |
References edit
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “paja”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn