bija

See also: biją and bīja

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बीज (bī́ja).

Noun

bija

2. (Hinduism, Buddhism) The origin or cause of things.

Anagrams

• baji

Albanian

Noun

bija

1. inflection of bijë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Garo

Etymology

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Noun

bija

1. bee

References

• Burling, R. (2003), The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎^[1], Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 127

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit बीज (bīja, “seed”). Doublet of biji and bijih.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbi.d͡ʒa]
• Hyphenation: bi‧ja

Noun

bija (plural bija-bija)

1. (archaic) seed

   Synonym: biji

2. (Hinduism) a part of offering

Derived terms

• bijan

Further reading

• “bija”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Latvian

Verb

bija

1. (he, she, it) was; third-person singular past indicative of būt
2. (they) were; third-person plural past indicative of būt

Makasar

Etymology

From Sanskrit बीज (bīja, “seed, origin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiɟa/, [ˈɓi.ʝɟa]
• Hyphenation: bi‧ja

Noun

bija (Lontara spelling ᨅᨗᨍ or 𑻤𑻳𑻪, definite bijaya, 3rd person possessive bijanna)

1. descendant; offspring
2. relative; family; family member

   Bijanna ― His family.

Derived terms

affixations

• aʼbija
• pabija
• pasibijàng
• paʼbijaeng
• paʼbijàng
• sibija
• sipaʼbijàng
• taʼbija

compounds

• aʼbija riboko
• aʼbija tedong
• bija ambani
• bija battu riammaʼ
• bija battu ribaine
• bija battu riburaʼne
• bija battu rimangge
• bija bella
• bija pammanakang
• bija pasibesokang
• bija riboko
• jangang paʼbijaeng
• jarang paʼbijaeng
• sibija tedong

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, pages 107-108

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiː.ja/
• Rhymes: -iːja

Adverb

bija

1. first-person singular pronominal form of b’: with me

Northern Sami

Verb

bija

1. inflection of bidjat:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. imperative connegative

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Taíno *biha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbixa/ [ˈbi.xa]
• Rhymes: -ixa
• Syllabification: bi‧ja

Noun

bija f (plural bijas)

1. (Dominican Republic, Cuba) annatto

   Synonyms: achiote, urucú

Descendants

• → Translingual: Bixa

Further reading

• “bija”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025