vajja

Votic

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from vajaa according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community as described at Wiktionary:About Votic or recent spelling standards of the language.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vajaga.

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈvɑjɑː/, [ˈvɑʝːɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑjɑː
  • Hyphenation: vaj‧ja

Adverb

vajja

  1. lacking, missing; insufficient, in need; necessary
  2. (of time) to
    viis minuttia on vajja kuvvõz tunniz ― it is five to six (o'clock)

References

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