aji

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aji"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Ajië.

Symbol

aji

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ajië.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ajië terms

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish ají.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈhi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

aji (countable and uncountable, plural ajis or ajies)

1. (uncountable) A spicy Peruvian sauce, often containing tomatoes, cilantro, hot peppers, and onions.
   • 1847, Johann Jakob von Tschudi, Travels in Peru:

     In Peru the consumption of aji is greater than that of salt […]

2. (countable, cooking) A chili pepper, in the context of South American cuisine.
   • 1997, Antonio Montaña, Gloria Mercedes Duque, The Taste of Colombia, page 47:

     Add the onion, the garlic, the red pepper, the ajies, the pepper, cumin and salt.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 鯵 (aji).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ăʹ-jē, äʹ-jē, IPA^(key): /ˈæ.d͡ʒiː/, /ˈɑː.d͡ʒiː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

aji (plural ajis or ajies)

1. A horse mackerel, especially the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus
   • 2010, Dave Lowry, The Connoisseur's Guide to Sushi, ReadHowYouWant.com, →ISBN, page 77:

     Although aji are found in temperate waters around the world, if you have the fish in a sushi-ya here, it almost certainly was caught and frozen in Japan.

Derived terms

• ajing

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Japanese 味 (aji, “flavour”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ăʹ-jē, äʹ-jē, IPA^(key): /ˈæ.d͡ʒiː/, /ˈɑː.d͡ʒiː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

aji (uncountable)

1. (go) The ‘flavour’ of a position, i.e. the extent to which it has lingering possibilities such as bad aji which may not be exploitable when they first arise yet still influence further play; good aji generally means there are few weaknesses.
2. (go) Bad aji.

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Usage notes

The sense of “lingering possibilities” is more basic but probably less common.

Derived terms

• bad aji
• good aji

Anagrams

• JIA, Jai, Jia

Balinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi/
• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒi
• Hyphenation: a‧ji

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Javanese aji (“value; holy writ, scripture, sacred text; authoritative text; sacred formula”).

Noun

aji (Balinese script ᬳᬚᬶ)

1. price, value, worth
2. knowledge

Derived terms

• aji-ajian
• ngaji

Particle

aji (Balinese script ᬳᬚᬶ)

1. with
2. at, for

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Javanese aji, haji (“king”).

Noun

aji (Balinese script ᬳᬚᬶ)

1. king
2. (alus singgih) father

   Synonym: bapa

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Malay haji, from Arabic حَجِّيّ (ḥajjiyy, “hajji”), حَجّ (ḥajj, “hajj”).

Noun

aji (Balinese script ᬳᬚᬶ)

1. (Islam) hajj (the pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; one of the five pillars of Islam)
2. (Islam) hajji (one who has participated in a hajj)

Further reading

• “aji”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali]

Czech

Alternative forms

• aj

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈajɪ]

Conjunction

aji

1. (dialect, Moravia) and (also), and even
2. (dialect, Moravia) even (implying an extreme example, used at the beginning of sentences)

Synonyms

• (standard Czech) i

Further reading

• “aji”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

Drehu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑði/

Noun

aji

1. rat

References

• Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983), Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946), Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDe’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Franco-Provençal

Verb

aji (Bressan, Graphie de Conflans)

1. Alternative form of ag·ir (“to act”) documented in the following location(s): St-Étienne

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French agir (“act”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ʒi/

• Audio:

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Verb

aji

1. act

References

• [1]

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈad͡ʒi/
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒi
• Hyphenation: a‧ji

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay aji, from Javanese ꦲꦗꦶ (aji), from Old Javanese aji.

Adjective

aji (comparative lebih aji, superlative paling aji)

1. magical

Noun

aji (plural aji-aji)

1. incantation
2. secret formula, charm

Derived terms

• ajian
• ajisesirep

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay aji, from Javanese ꦲꦗꦶ (aji), from Old Javanese aji, haji. Cognate with Tagalog hari.

Noun

aji (plural aji-aji)

1. king

   Synonyms: baginda, raja

Further reading

• “aji”, 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

Japanese

Romanization

aji

1. Rōmaji transcription of あじ
2. Rōmaji transcription of アジ

Javanese

Romanization

aji

1. romanization of ꦲꦗꦶ

Kabuverdianu

Alternative forms

• ají (Barlavento)

Etymology

From Portuguese agir.

Verb

aji

1. (Sotavento) act

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015), Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012), Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Malay

Etymology 1

From Javanese ꦲꦗꦶ (aji), from Old Javanese aji. Cognate with Tagalog hari. Doublet of haji, mostly displaced by raja

Sense in checkers further influenced by Arabic loan haji “pilgrim to Mecca”.

Noun

aji (Jawi spelling اجي, plural aji-aji or aji²)

1. (obsolete) king

   Synonym: raja

2. alternative form of haji, "king" checker/draughts piece that reached the farthest row forward in the board, thus becoming crowned (by stacking another checker on it) and gaining more freedom of movement.

   Synonym: haji

Adjective

aji (Jawi spelling اجي, comparative lebih aji, superlative paling aji)

1. (obsolete) kingly, royal

   Synonym: diraja

Etymology 2

Derived from Javanese ꦲꦗꦶ (aji), from Old Javanese aji.

Noun

aji (Jawi spelling اجي, plural aji-aji or aji²)

1. incantation, charm

   Synonyms: mantera, serapah

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “اجي adji”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 3
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “اجي aji”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 5
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “aji”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 12

Further reading

• “aji”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 箸 (hashi).

Pronunciation

• (phonetics) IPA^(key): [ɑzʲi]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /ɰætʲij/
• Bender phonemes: {hajiy}

Noun

aji

1. chopsticks

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Marathi आजी (ājī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adʒi/

Noun

aji

1. grandmother

   Synonym: granmer

Mokilese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 箸 (hashi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aci/

Noun

aji

1. chopsticks

References

• Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977

Naga Pidgin

Etymology

Inherited from Assamese আজি (azi).

Adverb

aji

1. today

Related terms

• kali

Northern Sami

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈajiː/

Noun

aji

1. drowse, doze
2. daze

Inflection

Odd, dj-j gradation
Nominative	aji
Genitive	adjága
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aji	adjágat
Accusative	adjága	adjágiid
Genitive	adjága	adjágiid
Illative	adjágii	adjágiidda
Locative	adjágis	adjágiin
Comitative	adjágiin	adjágiiguin
Essive	ajin
Possessive forms Singular Dual Plural 1st person adjágan adjágeamẹ adjágeamẹt 2nd person adjágat adjágeattẹ adjágeattẹt 3rd person adjágis adjágeaskkạ adjágeasẹt

Derived terms

• adjágas

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi/
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒi
• Hyphenation: a‧ji

Etymology 1

Noun

aji

1. alternative spelling of haji (“king”)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

aji

1. holy writ, scripture, sacred text
2. authoritative text
3. sacred formula

Derived terms

• inaji
• inajyan
• kahaji
• maṅaji
• paṅajyan
• pinakāji
• umaji

Noun

aji

1. value

Derived terms

• ajinan
• iṅajen
• paṅaji

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦲꦗꦶ (aji, “amulet; value, worth”)
• → Balinese: ᬳᬚᬶ (aji, “price; knowledge”)

Further reading

• "aji" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Sundanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese aji (“holy writ; scripture; value”)

Noun

aji (Sundanese script ᮃᮏᮤ)

1. sacred formula; mantra; incantation

   Synonyms: jampé, mantra

2. (uncommon) value

Sundanese register set
lemes	aos
lemes ka sorangan	{{{les}}}
lemes ka batur	{{{leb}}}
loma	aji
cohag	{{{co}}}

Verb

aji (Sundanese script ᮃᮏᮤ, active ngaji)

1. to read (especially a sacred or holy text)

Derived terms

• ajian
• ajieun
• ajén
• diaji
• ngaji
• ngajén
• ngajénan
• pangaji

Further reading

• "ADJI", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij