kuja
See also: kują
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kuja, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kwījā, *kwījō (“enclosure, stable”) (compare Old Norse kví (“fold, pen”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkujɑ/, [ˈkujɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ujɑ
- Syllabification(key): ku‧ja
- Hyphenation(key): ku‧ja
Noun
kuja
- alley (narrow street or passageway; narrow road lined by buildings, structures such as fences or trees; figuratively of people lining a path)
- ellipsis of nauhakuja (“casing (a channel in fabric for a drawstring, waistband, etc.)”)
Declension
| Inflection of kuja (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kuja | kujat | |
| genitive | kujan | kujien | |
| partitive | kujaa | kujia | |
| illative | kujaan | kujiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kuja | kujat | |
| accusative | nom. | kuja | kujat |
| gen. | kujan | ||
| genitive | kujan | kujien kujain rare | |
| partitive | kujaa | kujia | |
| inessive | kujassa | kujissa | |
| elative | kujasta | kujista | |
| illative | kujaan | kujiin | |
| adessive | kujalla | kujilla | |
| ablative | kujalta | kujilta | |
| allative | kujalle | kujille | |
| essive | kujana | kujina | |
| translative | kujaksi | kujiksi | |
| abessive | kujatta | kujitta | |
| instructive | — | kujin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “kuja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
Anagrams
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kuja. Cognates include Finnish kuja and Veps kujo.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkujɑ/, [ˈkujɑ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkujɑ/, [ˈkujɑ]
- Rhymes: -ujɑ
- Hyphenation: ku‧ja
Noun
kuja
Declension
| Declension of kuja (type 3/koira, no gradation, gemination) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kuja | kujat |
| genitive | kujan | kuijiin |
| partitive | kuijaa | kuijia |
| illative | kuijaa | kuijii |
| inessive | kujas | kujis |
| elative | kujast | kujist |
| allative | kujalle | kujille |
| adessive | kujal | kujil |
| ablative | kujalt | kujilt |
| translative | kujaks | kujiks |
| essive | kujanna, kuijaan | kujinna, kuijiin |
| exessive1) | kujant | kujint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Derived terms
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 214
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kûja/
- Hyphenation: ku‧ja
Noun
kȕja f (Cyrillic spelling ку̏ја)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kuja | kuje |
| genitive | kuje | kuja |
| dative | kuji | kujama |
| accusative | kuju | kuje |
| vocative | kujo | kuje |
| locative | kuji | kujama |
| instrumental | kujom | kujama |
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Verb
kuja (verbal noun of the ku class)
- infinitive of -ja
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kuja.
Pronunciation
- (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkujɑ/, [ˈkuʝɑ]
- Rhymes: -ujɑ
- Hyphenation: ku‧ja
Noun
kuja
Inflection
| Declension of kuja (type V/poikõ, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kuja | kujad |
| genitive | kuja | kujijõ, kujii |
| partitive | kujja | kujiitõ, kujii |
| illative | kujjasõ, kujja | kujiisõ |
| inessive | kujaz | kujiiz |
| elative | kujassõ | kujiissõ |
| allative | kujalõ | kujiilõ |
| adessive | kujallõ | kujiillõ |
| ablative | kujaltõ | kujiiltõ |
| translative | kujassi | kujiissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||
References
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kuja”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn