kuja

From Proto-Finnic *kuja, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kwījā, *kwījō (“enclosure, stable”) (compare Old Norse kví (“fold, pen”)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkujɑ/, [ˈkujɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ujɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ku‧ja

kuja

1. alley (narrow street or passageway; narrow road lined by buildings, structures such as fences or trees; figuratively of people lining a path)
2. Clipping of nauhakuja.

• “kuja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (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

• juka

From Proto-Finnic *kuja. Cognates include Finnish kuja and Veps kujo.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkujɑ/, [ˈkujɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkujɑ/, [ˈkujɑ]
• Rhymes: -ujɑ
• Hyphenation: ku‧ja

kuja

1. outhouse (outside toilet)
2. (in compounds) outside

Declension of kuja (type 3/koira, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	kuja	kujat
genitive	kujan	kuijiin
partitive	kuijaa	kuijia
illative	kuijaa	kuijii
inessive	kujas	kujis
elative	kujast	kujist
allative	kujalle	kujille
adessive	kujal	kujil
ablative	kujalt	kujilt
translative	kujaks	kujiks
essive	kujanna, kuijaan	kujinna, kuijiin
exessive1)	kujant	kujint
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.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 214

• IPA^(key): /kûja/
• Hyphenation: ku‧ja

kȕja f (Cyrillic spelling ку̏ја)

1. bitch (female dog)
2. (vulgar) bitch (woman)

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kuja (verbal noun of the ku class)

1. infinitive of -ja

From Proto-Finnic *kuja.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkujɑ/, [ˈkuʝɑ]
• Rhymes: -ujɑ
• Hyphenation: ku‧ja

kuja

1. street, road (in a village)

Declension of kuja (type V/poikõ, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kuja	kujad
genitive	kuja	kujijõ, kujii
partitive	kujja	kujiitõ, kujii
illative	kujjasõ, kujja	kujiisõ
inessive	kujaz	kujiiz
elative	kujassõ	kujiissõ
allative	kujalõ	kujiilõ
adessive	kujallõ	kujiillõ
ablative	kujaltõ	kujiiltõ
translative	kujassi	kujiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

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