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ajak

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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ajak

From Indonesian ajak, from Malay ajak.

Noun

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ajak (plural ajaks)

  1. (Indonesia) The dhole (Cuon alpinus).
    • 1991, Bill Dalton, Indonesia Handbook, page 374:
      Indonesia where the ajak, the handsome, rufous, bushy-tailed wild dog (a subspecies of the Indian dhole) still thrives.
    • 2015, Eka Kurniawan, translated by Labodalih Sembiring, Man Tiger, Verso, page 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.

Greenlandic

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ajak (plural ajaat)

  1. alternative form of aja

Declension

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Declension of ajak
case singular plural
absolutive ajak ajaat
ergative ajaap
allative ajammut ajannut
ablative ajammit ajannit
prolative ajakkut ajatsigut
locative ajammi ajanni
instrumental ajammik ajannik
equative ajattut

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Hungarian

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Alternative forms

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  • ajk (archaic, literary)

Etymology

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From the obsolete aj (valley; opening) +‎ -k (diminutive suffix), from Proto-Uralic *aŋe (opening, incision, deepening).[1][2][3] Alternatively, possible cognate of Yakut айах (ayaq, mouth).[4]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɒjɒk]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ajak
  • Rhymes: -ɒk

Noun

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ajak (plural ajkak)

  1. (anatomy) lip (either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth)
    • 1825, Mihály Vörösmarty, Zalán futása,[1] canto 1, lines 5–6, translation by Watson Kirkconnell and Adam Makkai:
      Hol vagyon, aki merész ajakát hadi dalnak eresztvén, / A riadó vak mélységet fölverje szavával, []
      Where is the one who, with lips all bold, could thunder a war-song / rousing the gloom of the deep and unsighty abysses, []
  2. (anatomy) labium (one of the two pairs of folds of skin either side of the vulva)

Declension

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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

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(Compound words):

References

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  1. ^ Entry #17 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ ajak in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
  3. ^ ajak in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  4. ^ Martti Räsänen (1969) Versuch Eines Etymologischen Wörterbuch der Türksprachen, page 11

Further reading

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  • ajak in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • ajak in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Malay ajak, from Proto-Malayic *ajak, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *azak.

Verb

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ajak (active mengajak, passive diajak)

  1. to invite (ask for the presence or participation of someone)
Conjugation
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Conjugation of ajak (meng-, transitive)
root ajak
active passive basic
imperative
emphatic
jussive
reflective1 ordinary
ordinary
nominative mengajak diajak ajak ajaklah
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2
causative
nominative
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2

1 There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
2 The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id
ajak

From Malay ajak.

Noun

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ajak (plural ajak-ajak)

  1. dhole (Cuon alpinus)
    Synonym: anjing ajak
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Descendants
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  • English: ajak

Etymology 3

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From Minangkabau.

Adjective

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ajak (comparative lebih ajak, superlative paling ajak)

  1. (dialectal) synonym of mirip (similar)
Derived terms
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  • (dialectal) ajakkan (to consider; to exemplify)

Etymology 4

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From Banjarese.

Adjective

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ajak (comparative lebih ajak, superlative paling ajak)

  1. (dialectal) synonym of kalah (defeated)

Etymology 5

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Borrowed from Osing.

Verb

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ajak

  1. (dialectal) to be tamed

References

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  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*azak”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

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Karaim

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *adak.

Noun

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ajak

  1. foot, leg

References

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  • N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “ajak”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Kott

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Etymology

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

Noun

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ajak

  1. thunder

Malay

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Malayic *ajak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *azak.

Noun

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ajak (Jawi spelling اجق, plural ajak-ajak)

  1. invitation

Verb

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ajak (Jawi spelling اجق)

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

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Noun

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ajak (Jawi spelling اجق, plural ajak-ajak)

  1. dhole
Descendants
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References

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  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*azak”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Sundanese

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Etymology

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From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *azak.

Verb

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ajak (Sundanese script ᮃᮏᮊ᮪)

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

References

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  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*azak”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI