laja

See also: läjä and łają

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqia (“ginger”). Compare Chinese 辣椒 (làjiāo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laja/

Noun

laja

1. galangal

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦭꦲꦺꦴꦱ꧀ (laos, “galangal”)
  • → Indonesian: laos (“galangal”)

Palu'e

Noun

laja

1. blood

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.ʒɐ/

• Hyphenation: la‧ja

Noun

laja f (plural lajas)

1. Alternative form of laje

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin lagēna. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

laja f (plural lajas)

1. slab

Further reading

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

Swedish

Etymology

From Tavringer Romani ladjas, lajjas, lajvas (“be ashamed”), from Romani ladž (“shame”). Related to Sanskrit लज्जा (lajjā, “shame”), Hindi लाज (lāj, “shame”). The shift in meaning from ’be ashamed’ to ’have fun’ is probably due to influence from another Romani loan lattja (“have fun”). Related to lajbans (“fun”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²laja/
• Rhymes: -aja

Verb

laja (present lajar, preterite lajade, supine lajat, imperative laja)

1. (colloquial) to play, to have fun
   • 1995, Olov Svedelid, Piraterna [The Pirates]:

     Men vi kunde inte låta bli att laja lite gangster.

     We couldn’t keep ourselves from playing gangster a little bit.

   • 2011 January 23, “Ungdomar får allt sämre kondition”, in Dagens Nyheter‎^[1]:

     Hur ofta ser man barn laja på gatan i dag?

     How often do you see children playing in the street today?

   • 2015, Johanna Lindbäck, Jan Svensson:

     Killarna på fotbollsplanen hade tagit ena målet och höll på att laja runt.

     The boys on the football field had occupied one of the goals and were playing around.

Conjugation

Conjugation of laja (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	laja		lajas
Supine	lajat		lajats
Imperative	laja		—
Imper. plural1	lajen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	lajar	lajade	lajas	lajades
Ind. plural1	laja	lajade	lajas	lajades
Subjunctive2	laje	lajade	lajes	lajades
	Participles
Present participle	lajande
Past participle	lajad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• laja runt

Related terms

• lajbans