paja
Estonian
Noun
paja
Finnish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
paja
- smithy, forge
- workshop
- (slang) workplace
- Olin pajalla koko viikonlopun.
- I spent the whole weekend at work.
- Olin pajalla koko viikonlopun.
- (slang) marijuana
Declension
Inflection of paja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | paja | pajat | |
genitive | pajan | pajojen | |
partitive | pajaa | pajoja | |
illative | pajaan | pajoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | paja | pajat | |
accusative | nom. | paja | pajat |
gen. | pajan | ||
genitive | pajan | pajojen pajain rare | |
partitive | pajaa | pajoja | |
inessive | pajassa | pajoissa | |
elative | pajasta | pajoista | |
illative | pajaan | pajoihin | |
adessive | pajalla | pajoilla | |
ablative | pajalta | pajoilta | |
allative | pajalle | pajoille | |
essive | pajana | pajoina | |
translative | pajaksi | pajoiksi | |
abessive | pajatta | pajoitta | |
instructive | — | pajoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
Compounds
Istriot
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin palea, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”); compare Venetian paja.
Noun
paja
- straw (dried stalks of cereal plants)
Kashubian
Noun
paja f
- (derogatory) hand (especially a big one)
Ladino
Etymology
From Old Spanish, from Latin palea (“chaff”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”).
Noun
paja f (Latin spelling)
Makasar
Pronunciation
Noun
paja (Lontara spelling ᨄᨍ)
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish paxa, from Latin palea (“chaff”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”).
Pronunciation
Noun
paja f (plural pajas)
- (countable) straw (dried stalk of a cereal plant)
- (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”)
- drinking straw
- (slang) wank, jerk off, handjob, masturbation
- (colloquial, Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia) 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)
- (Peru, slang) very good, great, excellent
- ¡Que canción paja tocaron en la radio!
- What a great song they played on the radio!
- (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!
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “paja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
paja (ma class, plural mapaja)
- thigh
- paja la kuku ― chicken thigh
Swedish
Etymology
From Tavringer Romani pagra, paggra (“to break, to destroy”), from Romani phag- (“to break, to destroy”). Related to Sanskrit भनक्ति (bhanakti, “to break”).
Verb
paja (present pajar, preterite pajade, supine pajat, imperative paja)
- (intransitive, colloquial) to stop working, to become broken
- Diskmaskinen pajade nyss.
- The dishwasher just broke.
- (transitive, colloquial) to break, to cause to malfunction
- Jag har råkat paja min tv.
- I've accidentally broken my TV.
Conjugation
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | paja | pajas | ||
Supine | pajat | pajats | ||
Imperative | paja | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | pajen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | pajar | pajade | pajas | pajades |
Ind. plural1 | paja | pajade | pajas | pajades |
Subjunctive2 | paje | pajade | pajes | pajades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | pajande | |||
Past participle | pajad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Derived terms
References
- paja in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- Gerd Carling (2005) “paja”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 96
Venetian
Etymology
From Latin palea. Compare Italian paglia.
Noun
paja f (plural paje)
Veps
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Finnish paja.
Noun
paja
Inflection
References
- Estonian non-lemma forms
- Estonian noun forms
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑjɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑjɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish entries with topic categories using raw markup
- Finnish slang
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- fi:Marijuana
- Istriot terms derived from Latin
- Istriot terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Istriot lemmas
- Istriot nouns
- Kashubian lemmas
- Kashubian nouns
- Kashubian feminine nouns
- Kashubian derogatory terms
- Ladino terms inherited from Old Spanish
- Ladino terms derived from Old Spanish
- Ladino terms inherited from Latin
- Ladino terms derived from Latin
- Ladino terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ladino lemmas
- Ladino nouns
- Ladino nouns in Latin script
- Ladino feminine nouns
- Makasar terms with IPA pronunciation
- Makasar lemmas
- Makasar nouns
- mak:Anatomy
- Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms inherited from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish terms with audio links
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- Spanish uncountable nouns
- Spanish terms with usage examples
- Spanish slang
- Spanish colloquialisms
- Guatemalan Spanish
- Salvadorian Spanish
- Colombian Spanish
- Spanish terms with quotations
- Peruvian Spanish
- Spanish vulgarities
- Argentinian Spanish
- Chilean Spanish
- Swahili terms with audio links
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili nouns
- Swahili entries with topic categories using raw markup
- Swahili ma class nouns
- Swahili terms with collocations
- sw:Anatomy
- Swedish terms borrowed from Tavringer Romani
- Swedish terms derived from Tavringer Romani
- Swedish terms derived from Romani
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish verbs
- Swedish intransitive verbs
- Swedish colloquialisms
- Swedish terms with usage examples
- Swedish transitive verbs
- Swedish weak verbs
- Venetian terms inherited from Latin
- Venetian terms derived from Latin
- Venetian lemmas
- Venetian nouns
- Venetian feminine nouns
- Veps lemmas
- Veps nouns