paja

paja

1. genitive singular of pada

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑjɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝jɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑjɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): pa‧ja

From Proto-Finnic *paja. Cognates include Estonian paja, Ingrian paja, Karelian paja, Ludian paja, Livvi paja, Veps paja and Votic paja.

paja

1. smithy, forge
2. workshop

   Synonym: työpaja

3. (slang) workplace

   Synonym: työpaikka

   Olin pajalla koko viikonlopun.

   I spent the whole weekend at work.

• “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

Back-formation from pajauttaa

paja (slang)

1. marijuana

   Synonyms: see kannabis

From Proto-Finnic *paja. Cognates include Finnish paja and Estonian paja.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑjɑ/, [ˈpɑjɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑjɑ/, [ˈpɑjɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑjɑ
• Hyphenation: pa‧ja

paja

1. smithy, forge

Declension of paja (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
	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.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 376

• paia

From Latin palea, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”); compare Venetan paja.

paja

1. straw (dried stalks of cereal plants)

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.ja/
• Rhymes: -aja
• Syllabification: pa‧ja

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

paja f

1. (derogatory) hand (especially a big one)

Borrowed from English pie.

paja f

1. (Canada, United States) pie

• Stanislow Frymark (2020) “paja”, in Kashubian Language in Canada, the USA and New Zealand; Lexical Interferences in Kashubian Language in Canada, the USA and New Zealand, Zómk Zôbòrsczi, →ISBN
• Sychta, Bernard (1970) “paja”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 4 (P – Ř), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 9
• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “ręka”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “ręka”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[2]

From Old Spanish, from Latin palea (“chaff”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”).

paja f (Latin spelling)

1. hay

• IPA^(key): [ˈpaɟa]

paja (Lontara spelling ᨄᨍ)

1. (anatomy) buttocks

Inherited from Old Spanish paja, from Latin palea (“chaff”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaxa/ [ˈpa.xa]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -axa
• Syllabification: pa‧ja

paja f (plural pajas)

1. (countable) straw (dried stalk of a cereal plant)

   Synonyms: bagazo, barcia

2. (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”)

3. drinking straw

   Synonyms: pajita, popote, cañita

4. (slang) wank, jerk off, handjob, masturbation

   Synonyms: pajilla, pajote

   Me hizo una paja muy rica en el coche mientras yo conducía.

   He/she gave me an awesome handjob in the car while I was driving.

5. (colloquial, Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia, Venezuela) 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)

6. (Peru, slang) very good, great, excellent

   ¡Que canción paja tocaron en la radio!

   What a great song they played on the radio!

7. (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!

8. (vulgar, uncountable, Chile) effort, a task, for example, that requires a lot of energy to complete.

• → Dutch: pagga

• “paja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

• Audio (Kenya):

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paja class V (plural mapaja class VI)

1. thigh

   paja la kuku ― chicken thigh

From Tavringer Romani pagra, paggra (“to break, to destroy”), from Romani phag- (“to break, to destroy”). Related to Sanskrit भनक्ति (bhanakti, “to break”).

paja (present pajar, preterite pajade, supine pajat, imperative paja)

1. (intransitive, colloquial) to stop working, to become broken

   Diskmaskinen pajade nyss.

   The dishwasher just broke.

2. (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

• paj

• paja in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• Gerd Carling (2005) “paja”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 96

From Latin palea. Compare Italian paglia.

paja f (plural paje)

1. straw

From Proto-Finnic *paja.

paja

1. smithy, forge
2. workshop, studio

Inflection of paja (inflection type 5/sana)
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

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “ателье, кузница”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[3], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

From Proto-Finnic *paja.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑjɑ/, [ˈpɑʝɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑjɑ
• Hyphenation: pa‧ja

paja

1. smithy

Declension of paja (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
	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.

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “paja”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn