kuja

 

From Proto-Finnic *kuja, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kwījā, *kwījō (“enclosure, stable”) (compare Old Norse kví (“fold, pen”)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkujɑ/, [ˈkujɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ujɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ku‧ja

kuja

1. alley (narrow street or passageway; narrow road lined by buildings, structures such as fences or trees; figuratively of people lining a path)
2. Clipping of nauhakuja.

• “kuja”, 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 2023-07-02

• juka

 

From Proto-Finnic *kuja. Cognates include Finnish kuja and Veps kujo.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkujɑ/, [ˈkujɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkujɑ/, [ˈkujɑ]
• Rhymes: -ujɑ
• Hyphenation: ku‧ja

kuja

1. outhouse (outside toilet)
2. (in compounds) outside

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 214

• IPA^(key): /kûja/
• Hyphenation: ku‧ja

kȕja f (Cyrillic spelling ку̏ја)

1. bitch (female dog)
2. (vulgar) bitch (woman)

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kuja (verbal noun of the ku class)

1. infinitive of -ja

From Proto-Finnic *kuja.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkujɑ/, [ˈkuʝɑ]
• Rhymes: -ujɑ
• Hyphenation: ku‧ja

kuja

1. street, road (in a village)

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