baja

See also: bajá, bajâ, bają, bája, and Baja

Buginese

Noun

baja (Lontara spelling ᨅᨍ)

1. tomorrow

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish bajar (“to go down”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈxa/, [baˈxa]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ja

Verb

bajá

1. to go down; to alight

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for baja

	tense	infinitive	present	future
Zamboanga City conjugation	baja	ya baja	ta baja	ay baja
Cavite conjugation				di baja

Hungarian

Etymology

baj +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒjɒ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ja

Noun

baja

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

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	baja	—
accusative	baját	—
dative	bajának	—
instrumental	bajával	—
causal-final	bajáért	—
translative	bajává	—
terminative	bajáig	—
essive-formal	bajaként	—
essive-modal	bajául	—
inessive	bajában	—
superessive	baján	—
adessive	bajánál	—
illative	bajába	—
sublative	bajára	—
allative	bajához	—
elative	bajából	—
delative	bajáról	—
ablative	bajától	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	bajáé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	bajáéi	—

Iban

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वाज (vāja, “sacrificial food or prayer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bad͡ʒa/

Noun

baja

1. fertilizer

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbad͡ʒa/ [ˈba.d͡ʒa]
• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒa
• Syllabification: ba‧ja

Etymology 1

From Malay waja (“steel”), which doublet of waja,

• from Sanskrit वाज (vāja, “strength”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wā́ȷ́as, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wā́ȷ́as, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“lively”). Doublet of vigili.
• from Sauraseni Prakrit vajja, from Sanskrit वज्र (vajra, “thunderbolt”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wáȷ́ras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáȷ́ras, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“strong, lively”).

The sense of teeth blackening material is a semantic loan from Javanese ꦮꦗ (waja).

Noun

baja (plural baja-baja)

1. steel
2. (figurative) something that is hard and strong
3. teeth blackening material

Alternative forms

• waja: Indonesia, (Standard) Malay

Derived terms

• berbaja
• membaja
• membajai

Etymology 2

From Malay baja (“manure”), from Sanskrit वाज (vāja, “sacrificial food or prayer”).

Noun

baja (plural baja-baja)

1. (obsolete, dialect) manure

   Synonyms: gemuk, pupuk

   Bangkai manusia akan terhantar di tanah seperti baja di padang. ― Human corpses will fall like manure on the surface of the field.

Derived terms

• membajai

Etymology 3

Noun

baja (plural baja-baja)

1. syllabic abbreviation of bintara remaja

Etymology 4

From Bima [Term?].

Noun

baja (plural baja-baja)

1. customary punishment in Bima by parade

Further reading

• “baja”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

baja

1. dated spelling of baya, romanization of ꦧꦪ

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit वाज (vāja, “sacrificial food or prayer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bad͡ʒa/
  • (Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): /bad͡ʒə/
• Rhymes: -a

• Audio (Malaysia):

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Noun

baja (plural baja-baja or baja²)

1. fertilizer, manure

   Synonyms: gemuk, pupuk

Descendants

• Indonesian: baja

Further reading

• "baja" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian baia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaː.ja/
• Rhymes: -aːja

Noun

baja f

1. (obsolete) mockery

Related terms

• bbajja

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.ja/

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Przemyśl) IPA^(key): [ˈba.ja]
  • (Goral):
    • (Zagórze) IPA^(key): [ˈba.ja]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aja
• Syllabification: ba‧ja

Etymology 1

Back-formation from bajka.

Alternative forms

• bája (“chatterbox”) (Western Lublin, Krasienin)

Noun

baja f

1. (colloquial) augmentative of bajka
2. (Przemyśl) synonym of kłamstwo

Declension

Declension of baja

	singular	plural
nominative	baja	baje
genitive	bai	baj
dative	bai	bajom
accusative	baję	baje
instrumental	bają	bajami
locative	bai	bajach
vocative	bajo	baje

Derived terms

adjective

• bajowy

noun

• bajopis

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Baie.

Noun

baja f

1. baize
2. (Przemyśl) low-quality cotton fabric
3. (Zagórze) undecorated, short men's coat made of brown cloth

Declension

Declension of baja

	singular	plural
nominative	baja	baje
genitive	bai	baj
dative	bai	bajom
accusative	baję	baje
instrumental	bają	bajami
locative	bai	bajach
vocative	bajo	baje

Derived terms

adjective

• bajowy

noun

• bajówka

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

baja m pers

1. genitive/accusative singular of baj

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

baja

1. third-person singular present of bajać

Further reading

• “baja”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “baja”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)
• Aleksander Saloni (1908), “baja”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne‎^[4] (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 332
• Józefa Kobylińska (2001), “baja, -e”, in Marian Kucała, editor, Słownik gwary gorczańskiej (zagórzańskiej)‎^[5] (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii Pedagogicznej, →ISBN, page 3

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaxa/ [ˈba.xa]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -axa
• Syllabification: ba‧ja

Etymology 1

Deverbal from bajar.

Noun

baja f (plural bajas)

1. casualty, loss

   Tuvimos demasiadas bajas, por ese perdimos la guerra.

   We had too many casualties, that is why we lost the war.

2. drop, fall, reduction

   Synonyms: reducción, disminución, caída, descenso

3. sick leave (absence for illness)

   No se requiere de los jefes que paguen a sus empleados la baja por enfermedad.

   Employers are not required to give their employees paid sick leave.

4. withdrawal, retirement

   Synonym: cese

Derived terms

• baja médica
• dar de baja
• darse de baja

Verb

baja

1. inflection of bajar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

baja

1. feminine singular of bajo

Further reading

• “baja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Etymology

From baj +‎ -a.

Verb

baja (present bajar, preterite bajade, supine bajat, imperative baja)

1. (colloquial) to poop (defecate)

   Synonym: bajsa

Conjugation

Conjugation of baja (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	baja		bajas
supine	bajat		bajats
imperative	baja		—
imper. plural1	bajen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	bajar	bajade	bajas	bajades
ind. plural1	baja	bajade	bajas	bajades
subjunctive2	baje	bajade	bajes	bajades
present participle		bajande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

• bajamaja

References

• “baja”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “baja”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈba.d͡ʒa]

Verb

baja

1. to persuade
2. to tempt

Conjugation

Conjugation of baja

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tobaja	fobaja	mibaja
2nd person		nobaja	nibaja
3rd person	masculine	obaja	ibaja yobaja (archaic)
	feminine	mobaja
	neuter	ibaja

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh