sooja

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sooja (“protection, warm”). Cognates include Finnish suoja (“shelter, thaw”) and Estonian soe (“warm”).

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsoːjɑ/, [ˈs̠oːj]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsoːjɑ/, [ˈʃo̝ːjɑ]
  • Rhymes: -oːj, -oːjɑ
  • Hyphenation: soo‧ja

Noun

sooja

  1. protection
  2. thaw
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 25:
      Kuin ono sooja vesi.
      The water is like thaw.
  3. warmth
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova; V. G. Erdeli, Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, transl., Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 7:
      Illast päivyt laskijaa, veepi parvees päivän valkian ja lämmän (soojan).
      In the evening the Sun sets, it takes along the day's brightness and lämmää (warmth).

Adjective

sooja (comparative soojamp)

  1. warm
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 62:
      Soojan pesän kuusee laatii.
      It makes a warm nest in a spruce.

Declension
Declension of sooja (type 3/koira, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative sooja soojat
genitive soojan soojiin
partitive soojaa soojia
illative soojaa soojii
inessive soojaas soojiis
elative soojast soojist
allative soojalle soojille
adessive soojaal soojiil
ablative soojalt soojilt
translative soojaks soojiks
essive soojanna, soojaan soojinna, soojiin
exessive1) soojant soojint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

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References
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 542
  • Natalia V. Kuznetsova (2009) Фонологические системы Ижорских диалектов [Phonological systems of Ingrian dialects], Saint-Petersburg: Institute for Linguistic Studies (PhD thesis), page 256
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