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apaja

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *apaja, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *abjǭ or Proto-Norse [script needed] (*abjō).[1] Cognates include dialectal Swedish ävja.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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apaja

  1. (fishing, usually in the plural) fishing water(s)
    Tenojoella on hyvät apajat.
    River Teno is a good fishing water.

Declension

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Inflection of apaja (Kotus type 11/omena, no gradation)
nominative apaja apajat
genitive apajan apajien
apajoiden
apajoitten
partitive apajaa apajia
apajoita
illative apajaan apajiin
apajoihin
singular plural
nominative apaja apajat
accusative nom. apaja apajat
gen. apajan
genitive apajan apajien
apajoiden
apajoitten
apajojen rare
apajain rare
partitive apajaa apajia
apajoita
apajoja rare
inessive apajassa apajoissa
apajissa
elative apajasta apajoista
apajista
illative apajaan apajiin
apajoihin
adessive apajalla apajoilla
apajilla
ablative apajalta apajoilta
apajilta
allative apajalle apajoille
apajille
essive apajana apajoina
apajina
translative apajaksi apajoiksi
apajiksi
abessive apajatta apajoitta
apajitta
instructive apajoin
apajin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of apaja (Kotus type 11/omena, no gradation)

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “apaja”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 2024-01-01

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Ingrian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *apaja. Cognates include Finnish apaja and Estonian abajas.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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apaja

  1. fishing ground

Declension

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Declension of apaja (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative apaja apajat
genitive apajan apajoin
partitive apajaa apajoja
illative apajaa apajoihe
inessive apajaas apajois
elative apajast apajoist
allative apajalle apajoille
adessive apajaal apajoil
ablative apajalt apajoilt
translative apajaks apajoiks
essive apajanna, apajaan apajoinna, apajoin
exessive1) apajant apajoint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

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References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 17

Meänkieli

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Noun

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apaja

  1. A good place for seine fishing.