# jakaja
## Finnish
### Etymology

jakaa (“to share, distribute, divide”) +‎ -ja. In the arithmetic sense "divisor", coined by Finnish pastor, teacher and author Johan Fredrik Wallin for Luvunlasku- eli räkninki-kirja (1835).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈjɑkɑjɑ/, [ˈjɑ̝kɑ̝jɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑkɑjɑ
* Hyphenation: ja‧ka‧ja

### Noun

jakaja
* distributor; one who or what shares or distributes
* deliveryman (someone employed to make deliveries)
* (arithmetic) divisor (number or expression that divides)
* (card games) dealer (the person who deals the cards in a card game)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of jakaja (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
jakajani
jakajani
accusative
nom.
jakajani
jakajani
gen.
jakajani
genitive
jakajani
jakajieni jakajaini $^{rare}$
partitive
jakajaani
jakajiani
inessive
jakajassani
jakajissani
elative
jakajastani
jakajistani
illative
jakajaani
jakajiini
adessive
jakajallani
jakajillani
ablative
jakajaltani
jakajiltani
allative
jakajalleni
jakajilleni
essive
jakajanani
jakajinani
translative
jakajakseni
jakajikseni
abessive
jakajattani
jakajittani
instructive
comitative
—jakajineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
jakajasi
jakajasi
accusative
nom.
jakajasi
jakajasi
gen.
jakajasi
genitive
jakajasi
jakajiesi jakajaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
jakajaasi
jakajiasi
inessive
jakajassasi
jakajissasi
elative
jakajastasi
jakajistasi
illative
jakajaasi
jakajiisi
adessive
jakajallasi
jakajillasi
ablative
jakajaltasi
jakajiltasi
allative
jakajallesi
jakajillesi
essive
jakajanasi
jakajinasi
translative
jakajaksesi
jakajiksesi
abessive
jakajattasi
jakajittasi
instructive
comitative
—jakajinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
jakajamme
jakajamme
accusative
nom.
jakajamme
jakajamme
gen.
jakajamme
genitive
jakajamme
jakajiemme jakajaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
jakajaamme
jakajiamme
inessive
jakajassamme
jakajissamme
elative
jakajastamme
jakajistamme
illative
jakajaamme
jakajiimme
adessive
jakajallamme
jakajillamme
ablative
jakajaltamme
jakajiltamme
allative
jakajallemme
jakajillemme
essive
jakajanamme
jakajinamme
translative
jakajaksemme
jakajiksemme
abessive
jakajattamme
jakajittamme
instructive
comitative
—jakajinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
jakajanne
jakajanne
accusative
nom.
jakajanne
jakajanne
gen.
jakajanne
genitive
jakajanne
jakajienne jakajainne $^{rare}$
partitive
jakajaanne
jakajianne
inessive
jakajassanne
jakajissanne
elative
jakajastanne
jakajistanne
illative
jakajaanne
jakajiinne
adessive
jakajallanne
jakajillanne
ablative
jakajaltanne
jakajiltanne
allative
jakajallenne
jakajillenne
essive
jakajananne
jakajinanne
translative
jakajaksenne
jakajiksenne
abessive
jakajattanne
jakajittanne
instructive
comitative
—jakajinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
jakajansa
jakajansa
accusative
nom.
jakajansa
jakajansa
gen.
jakajansa
genitive
jakajansa
jakajiensa jakajainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
jakajaansa
jakajiaan jakajiansa
inessive
jakajassaan jakajassansa
jakajissaan jakajissansa
elative
jakajastaan jakajastansa
jakajistaan jakajistansa
illative
jakajaansa
jakajiinsa
adessive
jakajallaan jakajallansa
jakajillaan jakajillansa
ablative
jakajaltaan jakajaltansa
jakajiltaan jakajiltansa
allative
jakajalleen jakajallensa
jakajilleen jakajillensa
essive
jakajanaan jakajanansa
jakajinaan jakajinansa
translative
jakajakseen jakajaksensa
jakajikseen jakajiksensa
abessive
jakajattaan jakajattansa
jakajittaan jakajittansa
instructive
comitative
—jakajineen jakajinensa :

#### Derived terms

* hihnanjakaja
* lehdenjakaja
* liikenteenjakaja
* nollajakaja
* nollanjakaja
* pesänjakaja
* postinjakaja
* sanomalehdenjakaja
* säteenjakaja
* taajuusjakaja
* tilanjakaja
* vedenjakaja
* virranjakaja
* virtauksenjakaja

### Further reading

* “jakaja”, 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 2023-07-02