jakaja

Finnish

Etymology

jakaa (“to share, distribute, divide”) +‎ -ja. In the arithmetic sense "divisor", coined by Finnish pastor, teacher and author Johan Fredrik Wallin for Luvunlasku- eli räkninki-kirja (1835).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɑkɑjɑ/, [ˈjɑ̝kɑ̝jɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑkɑjɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ja‧ka‧ja

Noun

jakaja

1. distributor; one who or what shares or distributes
2. deliveryman (someone employed to make deliveries)
3. (arithmetic) divisor (number or expression that divides)
4. (card games) dealer (the person who deals the cards in a card game)

Declension

Inflection of jakaja (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		jakaja	jakajat
genitive		jakajan	jakajien
partitive		jakajaa	jakajia
illative		jakajaan	jakajiin
		singular	plural
nominative		jakaja	jakajat
accusative	nom.	jakaja	jakajat
	gen.	jakajan
genitive		jakajan	jakajien jakajain rare
partitive		jakajaa	jakajia
inessive		jakajassa	jakajissa
elative		jakajasta	jakajista
illative		jakajaan	jakajiin
adessive		jakajalla	jakajilla
ablative		jakajalta	jakajilta
allative		jakajalle	jakajille
essive		jakajana	jakajina
translative		jakajaksi	jakajiksi
abessive		jakajatta	jakajitta
instructive		—	jakajin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of jakaja (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative jakajani jakajani accusative nom. jakajani jakajani gen. jakajani genitive jakajani jakajieni jakajaini rare partitive jakajaani jakajiani inessive jakajassani jakajissani elative jakajastani jakajistani illative jakajaani jakajiini adessive jakajallani jakajillani ablative jakajaltani jakajiltani allative jakajalleni jakajilleni essive jakajanani jakajinani translative jakajakseni jakajikseni abessive jakajattani jakajittani instructive — — comitative — jakajineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative jakajasi jakajasi accusative nom. jakajasi jakajasi gen. jakajasi genitive jakajasi jakajiesi jakajaisi rare partitive jakajaasi jakajiasi inessive jakajassasi jakajissasi elative jakajastasi jakajistasi illative jakajaasi jakajiisi adessive jakajallasi jakajillasi ablative jakajaltasi jakajiltasi allative jakajallesi jakajillesi essive jakajanasi jakajinasi translative jakajaksesi jakajiksesi abessive jakajattasi jakajittasi instructive — — comitative — jakajinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative jakajamme jakajamme accusative nom. jakajamme jakajamme gen. jakajamme genitive jakajamme jakajiemme jakajaimme rare partitive jakajaamme jakajiamme inessive jakajassamme jakajissamme elative jakajastamme jakajistamme illative jakajaamme jakajiimme adessive jakajallamme jakajillamme ablative jakajaltamme jakajiltamme allative jakajallemme jakajillemme essive jakajanamme jakajinamme translative jakajaksemme jakajiksemme abessive jakajattamme jakajittamme instructive — — comitative — jakajinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative jakajanne jakajanne accusative nom. jakajanne jakajanne gen. jakajanne genitive jakajanne jakajienne jakajainne rare partitive jakajaanne jakajianne inessive jakajassanne jakajissanne elative jakajastanne jakajistanne illative jakajaanne jakajiinne adessive jakajallanne jakajillanne ablative jakajaltanne jakajiltanne allative jakajallenne jakajillenne essive jakajananne jakajinanne translative jakajaksenne jakajiksenne abessive jakajattanne jakajittanne instructive — — comitative — jakajinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative jakajansa jakajansa accusative nom. jakajansa jakajansa gen. jakajansa genitive jakajansa jakajiensa jakajainsa rare partitive jakajaansa jakajiaan jakajiansa inessive jakajassaan jakajassansa jakajissaan jakajissansa elative jakajastaan jakajastansa jakajistaan jakajistansa illative jakajaansa jakajiinsa adessive jakajallaan jakajallansa jakajillaan jakajillansa ablative jakajaltaan jakajaltansa jakajiltaan jakajiltansa allative jakajalleen jakajallensa jakajilleen jakajillensa essive jakajanaan jakajanansa jakajinaan jakajinansa translative jakajakseen jakajaksensa jakajikseen jakajiksensa abessive jakajattaan jakajattansa jakajittaan jakajittansa instructive — — comitative — jakajineen jakajinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• hihnanjakaja
• lehdenjakaja
• liikenteenjakaja
• nollajakaja
• nollanjakaja
• pesänjakaja
• postinjakaja
• sanomalehdenjakaja
• säteenjakaja
• taajuusjakaja
• tilanjakaja
• vedenjakaja
• virranjakaja
• virtauksenjakaja

 

Further reading

• “jakaja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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