ajak

English

Noun

ajak (plural ajaks)

1. In Indonesia, the dhole, Cuon alpinus.
   • 1991, Bill Dalton, Indonesia Handbook, p. 374:

     Indonesia where the ajak, the handsome, rufous, bushy-tailed wild dog (a subspecies of the Indian dhole) still thrives.

   • 2015, Labodalih Sembiring, translating Eka Kurniawan, Man Tiger, Verso 2015, p. 7:

     They didn't want the hogs to die, because they would later throw them into battle with the ajaks, in a public spectacle at the end of the hunting season.

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *aŋe (“opening, incision, deepening”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒjɒk]

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• Hyphenation: ajak

Noun

ajak (plural ajkak)

1. lip
   • 1825, Mihály Vörösmarty, Zalán futása,^[1] canto 1, lines 5–6:

     Hol vagyon, aki merész ajakát hadi dalnak eresztvén, / A riadó vak mélységet fölverje szavával, […]

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	ajak	ajkak
accusative	ajkat	ajkakat
dative	ajaknak	ajkaknak
instrumental	ajakkal	ajkakkal
causal-final	ajakért	ajkakért
translative	ajakká	ajkakká
terminative	ajakig	ajkakig
essive-formal	ajakként	ajkakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	ajakban	ajkakban
superessive	ajkon	ajkakon
adessive	ajaknál	ajkaknál
illative	ajakba	ajkakba
sublative	ajakra	ajkakra
allative	ajakhoz	ajkakhoz
elative	ajakból	ajkakból
delative	ajakról	ajkakról
ablative	ajaktól	ajkaktól

Possessive forms of ajak
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	ajkam	ajkaim
2nd person sing.	ajkad	ajkaid
3rd person sing.	ajka	ajkai
1st person plural	ajkunk	ajkaink
2nd person plural	ajkatok	ajkaitok
3rd person plural	ajkuk	ajkaik

Derived terms

• ajakos

(Compound words):

• ajakbalzsam
• ajakrúzs

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Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Malay ajak, from Proto-Malayic *ajak, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ajak, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ajak, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *azak, from (Wesern) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *azak.

Verb

ajak (used in the form mengajak)

1. to invite (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Etymology 2

Noun

ajak

1. dhole (Asian Wild Dog)
2. invitation

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Kott

Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔaj(a)k (˜x-,-g).

Noun

ajak

1. thunder

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Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ajak, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ajak, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ajak, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *azak, from (Wesern) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *azak.

Alternative forms

• اجق‏

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad͡ʒaʔ/
• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒaʔ, -d͡ʒaʔ, -aʔ

Noun

ajak (Jawi spelling اجق‏, plural ajak-ajak)

1. invitation
2. the dhole

Verb

ajak (Jawi spelling اجق‏, used in the form mengajak)

1. to invite (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

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Sundanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ajak, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi, see ajak.

Verb

ajak

1. to invite (ask for the presence or participation of someone)