ajun
Assan edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Yeniseian *axʷ (“I”) + -un.
Pronoun edit
ajun
- we (first-person plural subjective)
Related terms edit
Indonesian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Dutch adjunct, from Middle Dutch adjoinct, from Latin adiunctus, perfect passive participle of adiungō (“join to”), from ad + iungō (“join”).
Noun edit
ajun (first-person possessive ajunku, second-person possessive ajunmu, third-person possessive ajunnya)
- adjunct, a person associated with another, usually in a subordinate position; a colleague.
Etymology 2 edit
Unknown
Adjective edit
ajun
- (archaic) deviate far from the goal.
Noun edit
ajun (first-person possessive ajunku, second-person possessive ajunmu, third-person possessive ajunnya)
Further reading edit
- “ajun” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Latin iēiūnium or iēiūnus through a Vulgar Latin root *iaiūnus > *aiūnus, from Proto-Italic *jagjūnos, itself from Proto-Indo-European *Hyeh₂ǵ-yu-, adjectival form of *Hyeh₂ǵ-ye/o- (“to sacrifice”). Compare Spanish ayuno, French jeun, jeûne, also Italian digiuno. The equivalent Aromanian word agiun also carries the sense of 'starving', 'hungry'.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ajun n (plural ajunuri)
- fast, fasting (abstaining from or eating very little food)
- the day before a holiday when people fast, or in general the day before any event; eve
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) ajun | ajunul | (niște) ajunuri | ajunurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) ajun | ajunului | (unor) ajunuri | ajunurilor |
vocative | ajunule | ajunurilor |
Synonyms edit
- (fast): post