aji

See also: ají

English

Etymology 1

Noun

aji (uncountable)

1. 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 […]

Etymology 2

From Japanese 鯵 (aji).

Noun

aji (uncountable)

1. A horse mackerel, especially the Japanese horse mackerel,

Anagrams

• JIA, Jai, Jia

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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

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Drehu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑði/

Noun

aji

1. rat

References

• Template:cite. 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.
• Template:cite. 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.

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French agir (“act”).

Verb

aji

1. act

References

• [1]

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Japanese

Romanization

aji

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

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Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adʒi/

Etymology

From Marathi आजी (ājī)

Noun

aji

1. grandmother

   Synonym: granmer

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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