vaja

Archaic third-person singular present subjunctive of anar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈba.ʒə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈva.ʒə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈva.d͡ʒa]

vaja

1. Expresses surprise etc., analogous to Spanish vaya

• “vaja” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “vaja”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Related to vajaa, possibly from development from earlier meaning "gap" as such smaller structures were built between larger buildings.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑjɑ/, [ˈʋɑ̝jɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑjɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): va‧ja

vaja

1. shed, hut

• “vaja”, 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 2023-07-04

vaja

1. horn

• vaja saṉsaṉbø
• vajaꞌøyu

• Engel, Ralph, Allhiser de Engel, Mary, Mateo Alvarez, José (1987) Diccionario zoque de Francisco León (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 30)‎^[2] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 218

vaj (“butter”) +‎ -a (“his/her/its”, possessive suffix)

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒjɒ]
• Hyphenation: va‧ja

vaja

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of vaj

• IPA^(key): /²vaja/
• Rhymes: -²aja

From a Sami language, from Proto-Samic *vāčëm.

vaja c

1. a female reindeer

• renko

• sarv

• ren

From Dutch waaien, from Proto-Germanic *wēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-.

vaja (present vajar, preterite vajade, supine vajat, imperative vaja)

1. to rock, to sway; slowly and gently move back and forth, usually moved by wind or water
   • 2000, Claes Arvidsson, Hurra, hurra‎^[3]:

     Både norska och svenska flaggor vajade.

     There were both Norwegian and Swedish flags flying in the wind

• vaja in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• Java