aja

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

aja

1. a pine tree

Borrowed from Arabic آيَة (ʔāya).

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

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

1. ayah, verse of the Qur'an

• Koran
• soera

• Rhymes: -ɑjɑ

aja

1. genitive singular of aeg

aja

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

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

aja

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

• jaa, jaa.

aja

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

• ajak

From Proto-Inuit *aja(ɣ).

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /aja/, [a.ja]

aja (plural ajat)

1. maternal aunt

• aja in Katersat

• IPA^(key): [ad͡ʒaʔ]

aja

1. only

• IPA^(key): /ád͡ʒá/

aja

1. earth, sand, mud

• IPA^(key): /àd͡ʒà/

àjà

1. sacrifice

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

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aja

1. (colloquial) aphetic form of saja.

• “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.

aja

1. Romanization of ꦲꦗ

• IPA^(key): /ajːa/

aja

1. bow (weapon)

• 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

aja

1. Romanization of ᠠᠵᠠ

From Marathi आजोबा (ājobā).

• IPA^(key): /adʒa/

aja

1. grandfather

   Synonym: granper

aja

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

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

aja m

1. goat

• Homophone: haja
• Hyphenation: a‧ja

aja

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

aja

1. canoe

• 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈaxa/ [ˈa.xa]

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• Rhymes: -axa
• Syllabification: a‧ja

Inherited from Latin ascia.

aja f (plural ajas)

1. adze

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

• “aja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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

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

• jaja
• åja

Variant orthographies

ALIV	aja
Brazilian standard	aja
New Tribes	aja

• IPA^(key): [aha]

aja

1. (intransitive) to drip

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

• azá (Ào)

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.

• IPA^(key): /ā.d͡ʒá/

ajá

1. dog

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

   Synonym: (a dog used for ritual sacrifice) ọ̀kọ́

   Synonym: (juvenile dog) kílìwí

• Lucumí: ayá

• IPA^(key): /à.d͡ʒà/

àjà

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