naja

See also: Naja and nåja

English
Naja naja, the Indian Cobra

Etymology

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

Noun

naja (plural najas)

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

See also

Anagrams

French

Noun

naja m (plural najas)

  1. cobra (venomous snake)

Further reading

German

Alternative forms
  • na ja

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /na(ː)ˈja(ː)/

Interjection

naja

  1. well
  2. uh-huh (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.

Greenlandic

Noun

naja

  1. a boy's younger sister

Italian

Noun

naja f (singular only)

  1. (slang) compulsory military service; draft, conscription

Pipil

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnaha/

Pronoun

naja

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

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

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

naja f (plural najas)

  1. cobra

Synonyms
  • cobra-de-cabelo, cobra-cabelo

Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian naja

Noun

naja f (invariable)

  1. conscription, military service
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