waja

Highland Popoluca

Noun

waja

1. a kind of herb with white leaves (clarification of this definition is needed)

References

• Elson, Benjamin F., Gutiérrez G., Donaciano (1999) Diccionario popoluca de la Sierra, Veracruz (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 41)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 115

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay waja,

• from Sanskrit वाज (vāja, “strength”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wā́ȷ́as, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wā́ȷ́as, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“lively”). Doublet of vigili.
• from Sauraseni Prakrit vajja, from Sanskrit वज्र (vajra, “thunderbolt”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wáȷ́ras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáȷ́ras, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“strong, lively”).

Reinforced as borrowing of Javanese ꦮꦗ (waja, “steel, iron”), from Old Javanese waja. Doublet of baja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwad͡ʒa/
• Hyphenation: wa‧ja

Noun

waja (first-person possessive wajaku, second-person possessive wajamu, third-person possessive wajanya)

1. Alternative spelling of baja (“steel”)).

Further reading

• “waja” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably

• from Sanskrit वाज (vāja, “strength”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wā́ȷ́as, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wā́ȷ́as, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“lively”).
• from Sauraseni Prakrit vajja, from Sanskrit वज्र (vajra, “thunderbolt”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wáȷ́ras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáȷ́ras, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“strong, lively”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.d͡ʒa/
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒa
• Hyphenation: wa‧ja

Noun

waja

1. tooth
2. steel
3. point, blade

Derived terms

• awaja
• pamaja
• pawajan
• wawajan

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦮꦗ (waja) (inherited)

Further reading

• “waja” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

waja

1. plural of mja

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay waja (“steel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwa.d͡ʒa/

Noun

waja

1. steel

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	waja
Brazilian standard	waja
New Tribes	waja

waja

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [waha]

Noun

waja (possessed wajai)

1. a flat circular basket used as a serving tray and plate

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “waja”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[2], Lyon
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “waha”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 290
• Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN: “waja”
• Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, page 42: “waja”
• Briceño, Luis García (2024) Walking with Jesus in indigenous Amazonia: for an anthropology of paths‎^[3], London: London School of Economics and Political Science, page 81: “waja”

Yoruba

Etymology 1

From wọ̀ (“to enter”) +‎ àjà (“ceiling, attic”), literally “To enter the ceiling”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wà.d͡ʒà/

Verb

wàjà

1. (euphemistic, idiomatic) to pass on, this is specifically reserved for a king, queen, or chief as it is believed a ruler or a chief doesn't die (kú), but instead passes on into another world

   Synonym: tẹ́rígbaṣọ

   ọbá wàjà ― The king has passed on

Etymology 2

From wá (“to look for”) +‎ ìjà (“fight”), literally “To look for a fight”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wá.d͡ʒà/

Verb

wájà

1. to look for a fight, to be belligerent