kaj

See also: Kaj

Translingual

Symbol

kaj

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Jju.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Jju terms

English

Alternative forms

• kajk

Etymology

From Armenian քաջ (kʻaǰ), քաջք (kʻaǰkʻ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑːd͡ʒ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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  • Rhymes: -ɑːdʒ

Noun

kaj (plural kaj)

1. (Armenian mythology) A spirit of storm and wind;
   • 2006, The Cambridge History of Iran, volume 3, pt.1: Iran, Armenia and Georgia, page 611

     There existed destructive female demons called parik, whose husbands were known as kaj.

Translations

spirit of Armenian mythology

• Armenian: քաջք (hy) (kʻaǰkʻ)
• Old Armenian: քաջ (kʻaǰ)
• Russian: кадж m (kadž)

See also

• kaji

Anagrams

• AJK, Jak, jak

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaj]

Etymology 1

Adverb

kaj

1. (dialectal, Moravia, Silesia) where (position or direction)

   Synonyms: kde, kam

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kaj

1. second-person singular imperative of kát

Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ajˀ
• Rhymes: -aj

Noun

kaj c (singular definite kajen, plural indefinite kajer)

1. pier, dock

Declension

Declension of kaj

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kaj	kajen	kajer	kajerne
genitive	kajs	kajens	kajers	kajernes

References

• “kaj” in Den Danske Ordbog

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek καί (kaí).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaj]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: kaj

Conjunction

kaj

1. and (additionally)

   Mi volas picon kaj refreŝigaĵon.

   I want a pizza and a soft drink.

Usage notes

• If there are more than two co-functioning elements, kaj is normally inserted between the penultimate and the last. But, for particular emphasis, it is repeated before each element:

Kaj mia fratino kaj mia amiko loĝas eksterlande.

Both my sister and my friend live abroad.

Mi amas kaj mian patrinon kaj patron.

I love both my mother and father.

• When the same particle or adverb is repeated on each side of kaj, the word in question acquires a nuance of continuation or intensification:

La hundo bojis kaj bojis.

The dog was barking and barking.

K'iche'

Noun

kaj

1. sky

References

• Allen J. Christenson, Kʼiche-English dictionary

Marshallese

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [kɑtʲ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /kætʲ/
• Bender phonemes: {kaj}

Noun

kaj (construct form kajin)

1. idiom
2. language
3. motto
4. pun
5. saying
6. slang
7. slogan
8. jargon
9. lingo

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaj/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): /ˈkaj/
  • (Northern Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈkaj/
  • (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈkaj/
  • (Eastern Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈkaj/
• (Masovia):
  • (Near Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈkaj/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aj
• Syllabification: kaj

Pronoun

kaj

1. (Central Greater Poland, Northern Greater Poland, Eastern Greater Poland, Kuyavia, Near Masovia) Synonym of gdzie

Further reading

• Oskar Kolberg (1867) “kaj”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 271
• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “kaj”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 19
• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “kaj”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 34
• Zygmunt Wasilewski (1889) “kaj”, in Jagodne: wieś w powiecie łukowskim, gminie Dąbie: zarys etnograficzny (in Polish), Warsaw: M. Arct, page 241

Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit [script needed] (kahiṃ), [script needed] (kahĩ), from Sanskrit कस्मिन् (kasmin), the locative singular of किम् (kim).

Adverb

kaj

1. where? (interrogative)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kъjь; compare standard Serbo-Croatian kòjī (“which, what”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkâj/

Pronoun

kȁj (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ј)

1. (Kajkavian) what (interrogative)

   Kaj si rekel? ― What did you say?

2. (Kajkavian) what (relative)

   Nisem znal kaj si želel. ― I didn't know what you wanted.

3. (Kajkavian) any, some

Declension

Declension of kaj

	common, neuter
nominative	gdo, kaj
genitive	(k)teroga, česa
dative	(k)terem, čemu
accusative	(k)teroga, kaj
vocative	—
locative	(k)terom(u), čemu
instrumental	(k)terem, čem

Synonyms

• koje (Torlakian)
• što (Shtokavian)
• ča (Chakavian)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kaj (Cyrillic spelling кај)

1. second-person singular imperative of kajati

Silesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaj/
• Rhymes: -aj
• Syllabification: kaj

Pronoun

kaj

1. (interrogative) where

Further reading

• kaj in dykcjonorz.eu
• kaj in silling.org

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *jь appended to Proto-Slavic *ka, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷi-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kàːj/

Pronoun

káj

1. what (interrogative)

Inflection

Declension of kdó/káj (pronoun, irregular)

	masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	kdó	káj
accusative	kóga	káj
genitive	kóga	čésa
dative	kómu	čému
locative	kóm	čém
instrumental	kóm	čím

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /káj/

Conjunction

kȁj

1. what

Pronoun

kȁj

1. any, anything, something

   Se med vama kaj plete? ― Is there anything going on between you two?

Inflection

Declension of kdó/kàj (pronoun, irregular)

	masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	kdó	kàj
accusative	kóga	kàj
genitive	kóga	čésa
dative	kómu	čému
locative	kóm	čém
instrumental	kóm	čím

See also

• nékaj

Adverb

kȁj

1. any, some

   Synonym: nekaj

   Imaš kaj denarja? ― Do you have any money?

   Kaj se bo že našlo. ― I guess I will find some.

Further reading

• “kaj”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Sudovian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic [Term?], further etymology unclear. Compare Lithuanian kója (“leg, foot”), Latvian kãja (“leg, foot”), but Old Prussian nage (“foot”).

Noun

kaj

1. (anatomy) leg, (possibly also) foot
   • “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 7, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):

     noga — kaj

     noga — leg

Swedish

Etymology

From Old French kay, cail (modern French quai), from Gaulish cagiíum (“enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”) (compare Welsh cae (“hedge”)).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aj

Noun

kaj c

1. quay, wharf; also in generalised sense any structure to which a truck, train or ship unloads

Declension

Declension of kaj

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kaj	kajs
	definite	kajen	kajens
plural	indefinite	kajer	kajers
	definite	kajerna	kajernas

Derived terms

• hamnkaj
• kajkant
• kajområde
• kajplats
• kajskjul
• kajskoning
• lastkaj
• stenkaj
• tilläggskaj

 

References

• kaj in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kaj in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kaj in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• kaj in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• kaj in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)

Anagrams

• jak

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *ɢʷaŋᴬ (“bright, light”), borrowed from Middle Chinese 黃 (MC hwang, “yellow”). Doublet of daj (“yellow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka˥˧/

Adjective

kaj

1. bright, characterized by light
2. (figurative) used in kaj siab (“satisfied with things; with a refreshed spirit”)

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 75.