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apaja.

fishing water(s)

5 characters3 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɑpɑjɑ/[ˈɑ̝pɑ̝jɑ̝]

  1. fishing water(s)

    plural-normally
    Tenojoella on hyvät apajat.

  2. seine haul (a place where a seine is set or drawn)

  3. seine haul (single setting of a seine)

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *apaja (compare Ingrian apaja, Votic apajõ), borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*abjō) or earlier Proto-Germanic *abjǭ (compare dialectal Swedish ävja, Old Norse efja).

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