hoja

See also: höja

Guaraní

Noun

hoja

1. cover

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish foja, from Late Latin folia, from the nominative plural of Latin folium, probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom (“leaf”), from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”). See also folio, borrowed from the Latin. Cognate with English foil and French feuille (“sheet, leaf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoxa/ [ˈo.xa]

Noun

hoja f (plural hojas)

1. leaf (usually green and flat organ that is the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants)
2. petal (an often brightly coloured component of the corolla of a flower)
3. blade (narrow leaf of a grass or cereal)
4. pad (floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant)
5. sheet, leaf (piece of paper, usually rectangular)
6. page (one of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book)
7. form (blank document or template to be filled in by the user)
8. foil
9. blade (sharp cutting edge of a knife, sword, etc.)
10. pane (individual sheet of glass in a window)
11. side (of bacon)

Alternative forms

• (sheet, leaf): foja (obsolete)

Derived terms

• hojalata
• hojaldre
• hojarasca
• hojear
• hojuela
• milhojas
• tirahojas

 

Further reading

• “hoja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic حُجَّة (ḥujja).

Noun

hoja (n class, plural hoja)

1. dispute, argument
2. business, affair