jà
verb
/d͡ʒà/
Definitions
- to fight, to wrestle, to struggle
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to occur, to take place, to break out (as in a war or disease)
ogún jà War broke outSimilar wordsjáverb 9 entries are spelled “já”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first. já to occur, to take place, to begin suddenly (to break out) já to snap, to break off, to break loose já to ring out like a bell já to fall off (from some height) já to shine brightly já to become aware, to come to full realization já to become punctured já to become saturated or oversaturated with something; to become too much of something já to pluck off (usually referring to fruit or leaves)
Etymology
Cognate with Igala jà (“to fight”)
Used in
àdájànounÀjàdínameÀjàgbénameÀjàjánameÀjàlánameÀjànínameàjàònounÀjàrínameÀjàṣẹ́nameÀjàyínameàrùn abẹ́gẹ̀ẹ́jànounAwùjalẹ̀nameèròjànoun
Ìjaname
3 entries are spelled “Ìja”, and the list this came from doesn't say which one is meant — we've linked to the first.
Ìja
a primordial divinity (irúnmọlẹ̀) and orisha of war, hunting, and fighting. He is closely associated with Ògún and is regarded as his brother along with Ọ̀ṣọ́ọ̀sì.
Ị̀ja
a male hunting deity (ụmọlẹ̀) regarded as a brother of Ògún
Ụ̀ja
a male hunting deity (ụmọlẹ̀) regarded as a brother of Ògún and Ẹ̀ṣọ́ùsì (Ọ̀ṣọ́ọ̀sì)
ìjànounÌjàyènamejàkadìjíjàjiyànverbMọ́remí Àjàṣorònameọ̀jànoun
Possibly used in
We are not certain about these, for one of two reasons.
Wiktionary says some of them were built from a word spelled like this one, without saying which meaning, so we show each under every meaning it could have come from.
The rest are spelled a little differently from anything here — a tone mark or an underdot apart — so we cannot tell a misspelling of this word from a word that has no page yet.
Both are fixable on Wiktionary, one word at a time. How to help.
ajàfighter
Wiktionary points at “ajà”. No word here is spelled that way, so we have linked “ajá”, which matches once tone marks are ignored. It may be a misspelling, or “ajà” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
ajá
dog
àjà
ceiling, platform
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 1,
where this word is spelled “ja”.
Reference:
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