vaijaa
Ingrian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *vajaga. Cognates include Finnish vajaa and Estonian vaja.
Pronunciation
edit- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑjɑː/, [ˈʋɑjːɑ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑjɑː/, [ˈʋɑjˑɑː]
- Rhymes: -ɑjɑː
- Hyphenation: vai‧jaa
Preposition
editvaijaa (+ nominative)
- (of time) to
- vartti vaijaa kymmen ― quarter to ten
Antonyms
edit- yli (“past”)
Adjective
editvaijaa
- Synonym of tarvis (“necessary”)
Declension
editAlmost exclusively used in the nominative with the third-person singular of olla
| Declension of vaijaa (type 13/harmaa, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | vaijaa | vaijaat |
| genitive | vaijaan | vaijain |
| partitive | vaijaata | vaijaita |
| illative | vaijaasse | vaijaisse |
| inessive | vaijaas | vaijais |
| elative | vaijaast | vaijaist |
| allative | vaijaalle | vaijaille |
| adessive | vaijaal | vaijail |
| ablative | vaijaalt | vaijailt |
| translative | vaijaaks | vaijaiks |
| essive | vaijaanna, vaijaan | vaijainna, vaijain |
| exessive1) | vaijaant | vaijaint |
| 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. | ||
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 632