"kaja" meaning in Estonian

See kaja in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɑjɑ/, [ˈkɑ̈jɑ̈]
Rhymes: -ɑjɑ Etymology: Etymology uncertain. Probably a deverbal from kajama (“to echo”), from Proto-Finnic *kajadak. Cognate with Veps kajata (“to echo”, verb) and Northern Sami gádja (“echo”, noun). Possibly from kaikuma, compare Finnish kaikua and kaiku, or vice versa (i.e. kaikuma derived from kaja or kajama). Etymology templates: {{unc|et|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{deverbal|et|kajama||to echo|nocap=1}} deverbal from kajama (“to echo”), {{inh|et|urj-fin-pro|*kajadak}} Proto-Finnic *kajadak, {{cog|vep|kajata||to echo|pos=verb}} Veps kajata (“to echo”, verb), {{cog|se|gádja||echo|pos=noun}} Northern Sami gádja (“echo”, noun), {{cog|fi|kaikua}} Finnish kaikua Head templates: {{head|et|nouns|genitive|kaja|||partitive|kaja|||cat2=|f1accel-form=gen|s|f1request=1|f2accel-form=gen|s|f3accel-form=par|s|f3request=1|f4accel-form=par|s|head=}} kaja (genitive kaja, partitive kaja), {{et-noun|kaja|kaja}} kaja (genitive kaja, partitive kaja) Inflection templates: {{et-decl-elu|kaja}} Forms: kaja [genitive], kaja [partitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], kaja [nominative, singular], kajad [nominative, plural], kaja [accusative, nominative, singular], kajad [accusative, nominative, plural], kaja [accusative, genitive, singular], kajad [accusative, genitive, plural], kaja [genitive, singular], kajade [genitive, plural], kaja [partitive, singular], kajasid [partitive, plural], kajja [illative, singular], kajasse [illative, singular], kajadesse [illative, plural], kajas [inessive, singular], kajades [inessive, plural], kajast [elative, singular], kajadest [elative, plural], kajale [allative, singular], kajadele [allative, plural], kajal [adessive, singular], kajadel [adessive, plural], kajalt [ablative, singular], kajadelt [ablative, plural], kajaks [singular, translative], kajadeks [plural, translative], kajani [singular, terminative], kajadeni [plural, terminative], kajana [essive, singular], kajadena [essive, plural], kajata [abessive, singular], kajadeta [abessive, plural], kajaga [comitative, singular], kajadega [comitative, plural]
  1. echo Derived forms: järelkaja, päevakaja, vastukaja Related terms: kajama, kaikuma

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "kajama",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to echo",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "deverbal from kajama (“to echo”)",
      "name": "deverbal"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
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        "3": "*kajadak"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vep",
        "2": "kajata",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to echo",
        "pos": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "Veps kajata (“to echo”, verb)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "se",
        "2": "gádja",
        "3": "",
        "4": "echo",
        "pos": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Sami gádja (“echo”, noun)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "kaikua"
      },
      "expansion": "Finnish kaikua",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology uncertain. Probably a deverbal from kajama (“to echo”), from Proto-Finnic *kajadak. Cognate with Veps kajata (“to echo”, verb) and Northern Sami gádja (“echo”, noun). Possibly from kaikuma, compare Finnish kaikua and kaiku, or vice versa (i.e. kaikuma derived from kaja or kajama).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kaja",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaja",
      "tags": [
        "partitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "et-decl-elu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no gradation",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "17/elu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajad",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajad",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajad",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajade",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajasid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajasse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajadesse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajades",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajast",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajadest",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajale",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajadele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajal",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajadel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajalt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajadelt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajaks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajadeks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajani",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajadeni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajana",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajadena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajata",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajadeta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajaga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajadega",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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        "1": "et",
        "10": "",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "genitive",
        "4": "kaja",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "partitive",
        "8": "kaja",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f2accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f3accel-form": "par|s",
        "f3request": "1",
        "f4accel-form": "par|s",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kaja (genitive kaja, partitive kaja)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kaja",
        "2": "kaja"
      },
      "expansion": "kaja (genitive kaja, partitive kaja)",
      "name": "et-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ka‧ja"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kaja"
      },
      "name": "et-decl-elu"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Estonian",
  "lang_code": "et",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Estonian deverbals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Estonian elu-type nominals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Estonian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 10 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "järelkaja"
        },
        {
          "word": "päevakaja"
        },
        {
          "word": "vastukaja"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A man coughed. The echo breezed through the dark church, rose under the arches and died.",
          "ref": "1967, Enn Vetemaa, “Pillimees”, in Loomingu Raamatukogu:",
          "text": "Mees köhis. Kaja veeres läbi poolpimeda kiriku, tõusis võlvide alla, kustus.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "echo"
      ],
      "id": "en-kaja-et-noun-CSx56PgO",
      "links": [
        [
          "echo",
          "echo"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "kajama"
        },
        {
          "word": "kaikuma"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑjɑ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɑ̈jɑ̈]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑjɑ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kaja"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "järelkaja"
    },
    {
      "word": "päevakaja"
    },
    {
      "word": "vastukaja"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "kajama",
        "3": "",
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        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "deverbal from kajama (“to echo”)",
      "name": "deverbal"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "et",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "vep",
        "2": "kajata",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to echo",
        "pos": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "Veps kajata (“to echo”, verb)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "se",
        "2": "gádja",
        "3": "",
        "4": "echo",
        "pos": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Sami gádja (“echo”, noun)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "kaikua"
      },
      "expansion": "Finnish kaikua",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology uncertain. Probably a deverbal from kajama (“to echo”), from Proto-Finnic *kajadak. Cognate with Veps kajata (“to echo”, verb) and Northern Sami gádja (“echo”, noun). Possibly from kaikuma, compare Finnish kaikua and kaiku, or vice versa (i.e. kaikuma derived from kaja or kajama).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kaja",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaja",
      "tags": [
        "partitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "et-decl-elu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no gradation",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "17/elu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajad",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajad",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajad",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajade",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kaja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajasid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajasse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajadesse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajades",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajast",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajadest",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajale",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajadele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajal",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajadel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajalt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajadelt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajaks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajadeks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajani",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajadeni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajana",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajadena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajata",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajadeta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajaga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kajadega",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "10": "",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "genitive",
        "4": "kaja",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "partitive",
        "8": "kaja",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f2accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f3accel-form": "par|s",
        "f3request": "1",
        "f4accel-form": "par|s",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kaja (genitive kaja, partitive kaja)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kaja",
        "2": "kaja"
      },
      "expansion": "kaja (genitive kaja, partitive kaja)",
      "name": "et-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ka‧ja"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kaja"
      },
      "name": "et-decl-elu"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Estonian",
  "lang_code": "et",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "kajama"
    },
    {
      "word": "kaikuma"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Estonian deverbals",
        "Estonian elu-type nominals",
        "Estonian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Estonian lemmas",
        "Estonian nouns",
        "Estonian terms derived from Proto-Finnic",
        "Estonian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic",
        "Estonian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Estonian terms with quotations",
        "Estonian terms with unknown etymologies",
        "Pages with 10 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Estonian/ɑjɑ",
        "Rhymes:Estonian/ɑjɑ/2 syllables"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A man coughed. The echo breezed through the dark church, rose under the arches and died.",
          "ref": "1967, Enn Vetemaa, “Pillimees”, in Loomingu Raamatukogu:",
          "text": "Mees köhis. Kaja veeres läbi poolpimeda kiriku, tõusis võlvide alla, kustus.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "echo"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "echo",
          "echo"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑjɑ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkɑ̈jɑ̈]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑjɑ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kaja"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Estonian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (df33d17 and 4ed51a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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