Borrowed from O'odham oʼoho (“paint”), possibly under influence from Spanish ajo (“garlic”). The Tohono O'odham people obtained red paint pigments from the area.
Ajo
From ajo, which in dialects can refer to alluvial soil or fields and meadows in general.
Ajo
Inflection of Ajo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Ajo | Ajot | ||
genitive | Ajon | Ajojen | ||
partitive | Ajoa | Ajoja | ||
illative | Ajoon | Ajoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Ajo | Ajot | ||
accusative | nom. | Ajo | Ajot | |
gen. | Ajon | |||
genitive | Ajon | Ajojen | ||
partitive | Ajoa | Ajoja | ||
inessive | Ajossa | Ajoissa | ||
elative | Ajosta | Ajoista | ||
illative | Ajoon | Ajoihin | ||
adessive | Ajolla | Ajoilla | ||
ablative | Ajolta | Ajoilta | ||
allative | Ajolle | Ajoille | ||
essive | Ajona | Ajoina | ||
translative | Ajoksi | Ajoiksi | ||
abessive | Ajotta | Ajoitta | ||
instructive | — | Ajoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |