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naja

See also: Naja and nåja

English

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Naja naja, the Indian Cobra

Etymology 1

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From Sanskrit नाग (nāga), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neg- (“to crawl; a creeping thing”).

Noun

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naja (plural najas)

  1. A member of the Naja genus of venomous snakes; cobras

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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Navajo [Term?].

Noun

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naja (plural najas)

  1. A necklace or pendant made in the shape of the traditional Navajo symbol of a crescent.
    Synonym: squash blossom necklace
    • 1973, Margery Bedinger, Indian Silver: Navajo and Pueblo Jewelers, Albuquerque, N.M.: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 229:
      Carter has several illustrations of English horse amulets that clearly resemble early Navajo najas.
    • 1997, Lauran Paine, The White Bird, Thorndike, M.E.: Thorndike Press; Bath, Somerset: Chivers Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 134:
      Belle came out of her dark place to show Sam her necklace. It was beautiful. In the center was a naja.
    • 2015 May 14, Victoria Gomelsky, “Beauty and Balance in Turquoise”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-02-14:
      In Los Angeles, the designers Jacquie Aiche and Irene Neuwirth both said they had been seduced by Native American style. In April, Ms. Aiche debuted a limited collection of leather bolo ties anchored by a crescent-shaped pendant not unlike the traditional Navajo naja symbol, while Ms. Neuwirth showed a long rainbow-colored strand of gemstones whose silhouette recalls a luxe version of the naja, or squash blossom necklace.

Anagrams

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Dutch

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Interjection

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naja

  1. Contraction of nou ja.

French

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French Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /na.ʒa/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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naja m (plural najas)

  1. cobra (venomous snake)

Further reading

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German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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na +‎ ja.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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naja

  1. well
  2. uh-huh, if you say so (expresses disagreement with what was said but an unwillingness to argue about it)
    —Ich finde, Justin Bieber ist der größte kanadische Musiker seit Neil Young!
    —Naja.
    —I think Justin Bieber’s the greatest Canadian musician since Neil Young!
    —Uh-huh.

Further reading

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  • “naja” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “naja” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Greenlandic

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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naja (plural najat)

  1. Alternative form of najak

Italian

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Noun

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naja f (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of naia (“compulsory military conscription”)

Pipil

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Etymology

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From Proto-Nahuan *nəh. Compare Classical Nahuatl nehhuātl (“I”).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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naja

  1. (personal) I, first person singular pronoun.
    Naja nimayana.
    I’m hungry.

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Pipil personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person naja tejemet
2nd person taja anmejemet
3rd person yaja yejemet
  • ni- (subject marker)
  • nech- (object marker)

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Sanskrit नाग (nāgá, “serpent, snake”).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aʒɐ
  • Hyphenation: na‧ja

Noun

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naja f (plural najas)

  1. naja (any snake of the genus Naja)
    Synonyms: cobra-de-capelo, cobra-capelo

Usage notes

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  • The gender of this Portuguese word is always feminine. When the gender of the being itself must be specified, use “naja-macho” for male, and “naja-fêmea” for female.
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Spanish

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit नाग (nāgá, “serpent, snake”).

Noun

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naja f (plural najas)

  1. a member of the Naja genus of venomous snakes; cobra
    Synonym: cobra

Further reading

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Venetan

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Etymology

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Compare Italian naja

Noun

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naja f (invariable)

  1. conscription, military service
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