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vaja

vaja

See also: vāja and vājā

Finnish

Noun

vaja

  1. hut

Declension

Inflection of vaja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative vaja vajat
genitive vajan vajojen
partitive vajaa vajoja
illative vajaan vajoihin
singular plural
nominative vaja vajat
accusative nom. vaja vajat
gen. vajan
genitive vajan vajojen
vajainrare
partitive vajaa vajoja
inessive vajassa vajoissa
elative vajasta vajoista
illative vajaan vajoihin
adessive vajalla vajoilla
ablative vajalta vajoilta
allative vajalle vajoille
essive vajana vajoina
translative vajaksi vajoiksi
instructive vajoin
abessive vajatta vajoitta
comitative vajoineen

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Northern Sami vátjav.

Noun

vaja c

  1. a female reindeer
Declension
Inflection of vaja 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vaja vajan vajor vajorna
Genitive vajas vajans vajors vajornas
Hypernyms
Synonyms
  • renko
Antonyms

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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
      Både norska och svenska flaggor vajade.
      There were both Norwegian and Swedish flags flying in the wind
Conjugation