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vaaja

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vakja, borrowed either from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Latvian vadzis (crook, hook), Lithuanian vagis) or alternatively from Proto-Germanic *wagjaz (compare English wedge).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɑːjɑ/, [ˈʋɑ̝ːjɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːjɑ
  • Syllabification(key): vaa‧ja
  • Hyphenation(key): vaa‧ja

Noun

vaaja

  1. vertical stake
  2. (dated) wedge
    Synonym: kiila

Declension

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