koolja

Estonian

Etymology

koolma +‎ -ja

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkoːljɑ/, [ˈkoːlʲjɑ̈]
  • Rhymes: -oːljɑ
  • Hyphenation: kool‧ja

Noun

koolja (genitive koolja, partitive kooljat)

  1. a dead person, dead man
    • 1921, A. H. Tammsaare, Juudit, Tallinn: Varrak, act 4, page 110:
      Naine, su laps on ju surnud, ta on ammugi surnud, kooljale otsid sa vett.
      Woman, your child's dead, he's long dead, you're looking for water for a dead person.

Declension
Declension of koolja (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative koolja kooljad
accusative nom.
gen. koolja
genitive kooljate
partitive kooljat kooljaid
illative kooljasse kooljatesse
kooljaisse
inessive kooljas kooljates
kooljais
elative kooljast kooljatest
kooljaist
allative kooljale kooljatele
kooljaile
adessive kooljal kooljatel
kooljail
ablative kooljalt kooljatelt
kooljailt
translative kooljaks kooljateks
kooljaiks
terminative kooljani kooljateni
essive kooljana kooljatena
abessive kooljata kooljateta
comitative kooljaga kooljatega

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Derived terms

References
  • koolja in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “koolja”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
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