aji

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English

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Spanish ají.

Pronunciation

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

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From Japanese 鯵 (aji).

Noun

aji (uncountable)

  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.

Etymology 3

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From Japanese 味 (aji, “flavour”).

Pronunciation

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

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

Anagrams

Balinese

Romanization

aji

  1. Romanization of ᬳᬚᬶ

Czech

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

Drehu

Pronunciation

Noun

aji

  1. rat

References

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French agir (“act”).

Pronunciation

Verb

aji

  1. act

References

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

aji

  1. magical

Noun

aji (plural aji-aji, first-person possessive ajiku, second-person possessive ajimu, third-person possessive ajinya)

  1. incantation.
  2. secret formula, charm.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

aji (plural aji-aji, first-person possessive ajiku, second-person possessive ajimu, third-person possessive ajinya)

  1. king
    Synonyms: baginda, raja

Further reading

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

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

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 箸 (hashi).

Pronunciation

Noun

aji

  1. chopsticks

References

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Marathi आजी (ājī).

Pronunciation

Noun

aji

  1. grandmother
    Synonym: granmer

Naga Pidgin

Etymology

Inherited from Assamese আজি (azi).

Adverb

aji

  1. today

Related terms

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

Further reading

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

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

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

Noun

aji

  1. value
Derived terms

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.
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