aja
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaː.jaː/
- Hyphenation: aja
- Rhymes: -aːjaː
Audio (file)
Estonian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑjɑ
Verb
aja
- inflection of ajama:
- present indicative connegative
- second-person singular present imperative
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑjɑˣ/, [ˈɑ̝jɑ̝(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -ɑjɑ
- Syllabification(key): a‧ja
Verb
aja
- inflection of ajaa:
- present active indicative connegative
- second-person singular present imperative
- second-person singular present active imperative connegative
Galician
Verb
aja
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of agir:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Greenlandic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Inuit *aja(ɣ).
Declension
References
- aja in Katersat
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈad͡ʒa]
- Hyphenation: aja
- Rhymes: -a
Audio (ID) (file)
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.
Koorete
FWOTD – 11 December 2016
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ajːa/
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
Mauritian Creole
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /adʒa/
Occitan
Pali
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit अज (aja), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haȷ́ás, from Proto-Indo-European.
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
Rayón Zoque
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) (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 3
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaxa/ [ˈa.xa]
Audio (BOL): (file) - Rhymes: -axa
- Syllabification: a‧ja
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
aja
Further reading
- “aja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Interjection
aja
- 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.
Ye'kwana
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [aha]
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
Descendants
- Lucumí: ayá
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /à.d͡ʒà/
Derived terms
- ilé alájà (“bungalow”)
- àjà ilé (“ceiling”)
- àjà-ilẹ̀ (“basement”)
- òkè àjà (“attic”)
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