navaja

== Spanish == === Alternative forms === nabaja (obsolete) === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *navācla, from Latin novācula (“razor”), from Proto-Italic *(ks)nowātlā. Compare Portuguese navalha, Galician navalla. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /naˈbaxa/ [naˈβ̞a.xa] Rhymes: -axa IPA(key): /naˈbaʃa/ [naˈβ̞a.ʃa] (Early Modern Spanish) Rhymes: -aʃa Syllabification: na‧va‧ja === Noun === navaja f (plural navajas) razor pocketknife, penknife, jackknife razor shell, razor clam (edible clam of genus Ensis) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Tagalog: labaha, nabasa, labasa === Noun === navaja f (plural navajas) female equivalent of navajo === Adjective === navaja f feminine singular of navajo === Further reading === “navaja”, 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 navaja on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es