-aja

Uncertain, possibly related to -aj.

-aja (Cyrillic spelling -аја)

1. Suffix appended to nouns, adjectives or verbs to create a feminine noun.

• -jaja

• Stjepan Babić (2002), Tvorba riječi u hrvatskome književnome jeziku, 3rd revised edition, HAZU: Zagreb, page 357, § 1150
• Maretić, Tomo (1963) Gramatika hrvatskoga ili srpskoga književnog jezika, 3rd edition, Zagreb: Matica hrvatska, § 320.g), § 342.i), pages 307, 341
• Skok, Petar (1971), “-āj”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 1, Zagreb: JAZU, page 16

• IPA^(key): /ˈaxa/ [ˈa.xa]
• Rhymes: -axa
• Syllabification: -a‧ja

-aja f (plural -ajas)

1. Alternative form of -ajo

• Used especially after feminine nouns. Compare -aja.

• “-ajo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014