# waja
## Highland Popoluca
### Noun

waja
* 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)‎ (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 [script needed] (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: /ˈwad͡ʒa/
* Hyphenation: wa‧ja

### Noun

waja (uncountable)
* 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.

## Javanese
### Romanization

waja
* Romanization of ꦮꦗ.

## 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 [script needed] (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: /wa.d͡ʒa/
* Rhymes: -d͡ʒa
* Hyphenation: wa‧ja

### Noun

waja
* tooth
* steel
* 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):(file)

### Noun

waja
* plural of mja

## Ternate
### Etymology

From Malay waja (“steel”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwa.d͡ʒa/

### Noun

waja
* steel

### References

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

## Ye'kwana
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [waha]

### Noun

waja (possessed wajai)
* a flat circular basket used as a serving tray and plate

### References

* Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “waja”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, 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, 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: /wà.d͡ʒà/

#### Verb

wàjà
* (euphemistic, idiomatic, royal) to pass on, to die
    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: /wá.d͡ʒà/

#### Verb

wájà
* to look for a fight, to be belligerent