The word "WAJA" is spelled using the International Phonetic Alphabet as /'wɑdʒə/. This phonetic transcription shows that the first letter is pronounced as a voiced velar fricative, followed by an open-mid back vowel. The last two letters, "JA", are pronounced as a voiced palato-alveolar affricate. The spelling of "WAJA" may seem unusual or unfamiliar, but it is a word used in some dialects of the Hausa language, with meanings ranging from "thrashing or beating" to "humble".