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laji.

kind, sort

4 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈlɑji/[ˈlɑ̝ji]

  1. kind, sort

    Minkä lajin mies hän on?

  2. species

    uusi lintulaji

  3. sport (certain type of sport, such as football or javelin, as opposed to sports in general)

    Lajejani ovat jääkiekko ja jalkapallo.

  4. genre

    musiikkilaji
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Old Swedish slagh (whence Swedish slag (“kind, sort”)), from Middle Low German slach, from Proto-West Germanic *slagi, from Proto-Germanic *slagiz (whence also Swedish slag (“hit, punch, blow”), as inherited from Old Norse). Doublet of laes.

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