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Kaija
Kaija
Finnish
Proper noun
Kaija
- A female given name.
Declension
| Inflection of Kaija (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Kaija | Kaijat | |
| genitive | Kaijan | Kaijojen | |
| partitive | Kaijaa | Kaijoja | |
| illative | Kaijaan | Kaijoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Kaija | Kaijat | |
| accusative | nom. | Kaija | Kaijat |
| gen. | Kaijan | ||
| genitive | Kaijan | Kaijojen Kaijainrare |
|
| partitive | Kaijaa | Kaijoja | |
| inessive | Kaijassa | Kaijoissa | |
| elative | Kaijasta | Kaijoista | |
| illative | Kaijaan | Kaijoihin | |
| adessive | Kaijalla | Kaijoilla | |
| ablative | Kaijalta | Kaijoilta | |
| allative | Kaijalle | Kaijoille | |
| essive | Kaijana | Kaijoina | |
| translative | Kaijaksi | Kaijoiksi | |
| instructive | — | Kaijoin | |
| abessive | Kaijatta | Kaijoitta | |
| comitative | — | Kaijoineen | |
See also
kaija
kaija
Finnish
Declension
| Inflection of kaija (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kaija | kaijat | |
| genitive | kaijan | kaijojen | |
| partitive | kaijaa | kaijoja | |
| illative | kaijaan | kaijoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kaija | kaijat | |
| accusative | nom. | kaija | kaijat |
| gen. | kaijan | ||
| genitive | kaijan | kaijojen kaijainrare |
|
| partitive | kaijaa | kaijoja | |
| inessive | kaijassa | kaijoissa | |
| elative | kaijasta | kaijoista | |
| illative | kaijaan | kaijoihin | |
| adessive | kaijalla | kaijoilla | |
| ablative | kaijalta | kaijoilta | |
| allative | kaijalle | kaijoille | |
| essive | kaijana | kaijoina | |
| translative | kaijaksi | kaijoiksi | |
| instructive | — | kaijoin | |
| abessive | kaijatta | kaijoitta | |
| comitative | — | kaijoineen | |
Noun
kaija
Etymology 2
Abbreviated from papukaija (“parrot”).
Noun
kaija
- parrot, racquet-tail, parakeet (used in common names of numerous parrot species)
Hypernyms
Etymology 3
Noun
kaija
- (dialectal) kittiwake (a seabird)
Synonyms
Latvian
Kaiju bars
Alternative forms
- (poetic) kaiva
Etymology
Ultimately a sound symbolic word, based on the seagull's squawk (kai, ke; cf. Russian чайка (čajka)).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kāīja]
Noun
kaija f (4th declension)
- gull, seagull (sea bird of family Laridae, especially genus Larus)
- kaiju bars ― a flock of gulls
- kaiju dzimta ― the gull family (= Laridae)
- kaijas un albatrosi milzīgiem bariem aplido kuģi ― gulls and albatrosses flew around the ship in huge groups
Declension
Declension of kaija (4th declension)
Related terms
References
- ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “kaija”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7