paja

paja

1. genitive singular of pada

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑjɑ/, [ˈpɑ̝jɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑjɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pa‧ja

From Proto-Finnic *paja. Cognates include Estonian paja, Ingrian paja, Karelian paja, Ludian paja, Livvi paja, Veps paja and Votic paja.

paja

1. smithy, forge
2. workshop

   Synonym: työpaja

3. (slang) workplace

   Synonym: työpaikka

   Olin pajalla koko viikonlopun.

   I spent the whole weekend at work.

• “paja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-09-01

Back-formation from pajauttaa

paja (slang)

1. marijuana

   Synonyms: see kannabis

From Proto-Finnic *paja. Cognates include Finnish paja and Estonian paja.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑjɑ/, [ˈpɑjɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑjɑ/, [ˈpɑjɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑjɑ
• Hyphenation: pa‧ja

paja

1. smithy, forge

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 376

• paia

From Latin palea, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”); compare Venetian paja.

paja

1. straw (dried stalks of cereal plants)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaja/
• Syllabification: pa‧ja

paja f

1. (derogatory) hand (especially a big one)

• Bernard Sychta (1967–1973) “paja”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich, volume 4, page 9
• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “ręka”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “ręka”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎

From Old Spanish, from Latin palea (“chaff”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”).

paja f (Latin spelling)

1. hay

• IPA^(key): [ˈpaɟa]

paja (Lontara spelling ᨄᨍ)

1. (anatomy) buttocks

Inherited from Old Spanish paja, from Latin palea (“chaff”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaxa/ [ˈpa.xa]

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• Rhymes: -axa
• Syllabification: pa‧ja

paja f (plural pajas)

1. (countable) straw (dried stalk of a cereal plant)

   Synonyms: bagazo, barcia

2. (uncountable) straw (dried stalks considered collectively)

   Él tiene puesto un sombrero de paja.

   He is wearing a straw hat

   (literally, “a hat made of straw”)

3. drinking straw

   Synonyms: pajita, popote, cañita

4. (slang) wank, jerk off, handjob, masturbation

   Synonyms: pajilla, pajote

   Me hizo una paja muy rica en el coche mientras yo conducía.

   He/she gave me an awesome handjob in the car while I was driving.

5. (colloquial, Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia) lie, falsehood

   Todos los políticos hablan paja.

   All politicians tell lies.

   • 2013, Devendra Banhart (lyrics and music), “Mi Negrita”, in Mala:

     Mi amor no te hablo paja / Aunque no es la verdad

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6. (Peru, slang) very good, great, excellent

   ¡Que canción paja tocaron en la radio!

   What a great song they played on the radio!

7. (vulgar, uncountable, Argentina, Chile) laziness, tiredness, fatigue

   ¿Tenemos que caminar treinta cuadras? ¡Qué paja!

   We have to walk thirty blocks? But I'm so tired!

8. (vulgar, uncountable, Chile) effort, a task, for example, that requires a lot of energy to complete.

• → Dutch: pagga

• “paja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

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paja (ma class, plural mapaja)

1. thigh

   paja la kuku ― chicken thigh

From Tavringer Romani pagra, paggra (“to break, to destroy”), from Romani phag- (“to break, to destroy”). Related to Sanskrit भनक्ति (bhanakti, “to break”).

paja (present pajar, preterite pajade, supine pajat, imperative paja)

1. (intransitive, colloquial) to stop working, to become broken

   Diskmaskinen pajade nyss.

   The dishwasher just broke.

2. (transitive, colloquial) to break, to cause to malfunction

   Jag har råkat paja min tv.

   I've accidentally broken my TV.

   Jag råkade paja vasen

   I accidentally broke the vase

• paj

• paja in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• Gerd Carling (2005) “paja”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 96

From Latin palea. Compare Italian paglia.

paja f (plural paje)

1. straw

From Proto-Finnic *paja.

paja

1. smithy, forge
2. workshop, studio

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “ателье, кузница”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

From Proto-Finnic *paja.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑjɑ/, [ˈpɑʝɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑjɑ
• Hyphenation: pa‧ja

paja

1. smithy

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “paja”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn