soja

Noun

soja (uncountable)

1. Dated form of soya.

Anagrams

• Jaso

Alternative forms

• soia

Noun

soja f (plural soges)

1. soy
2. soy sauce

Etymology

From the Satsuma dialect そや soya [soja], which is the topicalized form of 醤油 (そい, soi) [soj] (cognate to the standard Japanese word 醤油 (しょうゆ, shōyu)); from Old to Middle Japanese 醤油 (しやうゆ, shiyauyu); from Middle Chinese 醬油 (tsjàng-yuw); from 醬 (“bean paste”) + 油 (“oil”).

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: so‧ja

Noun

soja f (plural soja's, diminutive sojaatje n)

1. soy

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.ʒa/

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Noun

soja m (plural sojas)

1. soy (sauce)
2. soy (plant)

Further reading

• “soja” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔjə/
• Homophone: soje

Adjective

soja

1. feminine singular of sujo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɔja]

Noun

soja f

1. soy

Noun

soja f (plural sojas)

1. soybean; soy (Glycine max, a legume plant)
2. soybean; soy (seeds of the soybean plant)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sǒːja/
• Hyphenation: so‧ja

Noun

sója f (Cyrillic spelling со́ја)

1. soya, soybean
2. soy (soy sauce)

Alternative forms

• soya

Etymology

From Dutch soja; from the Satsuma dialect そや soya [soja], which is the topicalized form of 醤油 (そい, soi) [soj] (cognate to the standard Japanese word 醤油 (しょうゆ, shōyu)); from Old to Middle Japanese 醤油 (しやうゆ, shiyauyu); from Middle Chinese 醬油 (tsjàng-yuw); from 醬 (“bean paste”) + 油 (“oil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈso.xa/

Noun

soja f (plural sojas)

1. soya, soybean
2. soy (soy sauce)

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian со́я (sója).

Noun

soja

1. soya, soy

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “соя”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika