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
Ladino
Etymology
From Old Spanish, from Latin palea (“chaff”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”).
Noun
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Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish, 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 (lit. a hat made of straw)
- Él tiene puesto un sombrero de paja.
- A drinking straw
- (slang) wank, handjob, masturbation
- (colloquial, countable, Guatemala, El Salvador) lie, falsehood
- Todos los políticos dan paja.
- All politicians tell lies.
- Todos los políticos dan paja.
- (colloquial, uncountable, Colombia) bullshit, lies, falsehoods
- Todos los políticos hablan paja.
- All politicians tell lies.
- Todos los políticos hablan paja.
- (Peruvian Spanish) very good, great, excellent
- ¡Que canción paja tocaron en la radio!
- What a great song they played on the radio!
- ¡Que canción paja tocaron en la radio!
- (vulgar, uncountable, Argentinian Spanish) laziness, tiredness, fatigue
- ¿Tenemos que caminar treinta cuadras? ¡Qué paja!
- We have to walk thirty blocks? But I'm so tired!
- ¿Tenemos que caminar treinta cuadras? ¡Qué paja!
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
Swahili
Noun
paja (ma class, plural mapaja)
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
- (transitive, colloquial) to break, to cause to malfunction
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
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑjɑ
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- 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
- Ladino terms inherited from Old Spanish
- Ladino terms derived from Old Spanish
- Ladino terms inherited from Latin
- Ladino terms derived from Latin
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- 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 lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- Spanish uncountable nouns
- Spanish slang
- Spanish vulgarities
- Argentinian Spanish
- Colombian Spanish
- Peninsular Spanish
- Uruguayan Spanish
- Spanish colloquialisms
- Guatemalan Spanish
- Salvadorian Spanish
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili nouns
- Swahili ma class nouns
- 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 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