ajak

See also: Ajak and a jak

English

Alternative forms

• ajag, adjag

Etymology

ajak

From Indonesian ajak, from Malay ajak.

Noun

ajak (plural ajaks)

1. (Indonesia) The dhole (Cuon alpinus).
   • 1991, Bill Dalton, Indonesia Handbook, page 374:

     Indonesia where the ajak, the handsome, rufous, bushy-tailed wild dog (a subspecies of the Indian dhole) still thrives.

   • 2015, Eka Kurniawan, translated by Labodalih Sembiring, Man Tiger, Verso, page 7:

     They didn't want the hogs to die, because they would later throw them into battle with the ajaks, in a public spectacle at the end of the hunting season.

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /ajak/, [a.jək]

Noun

ajak (plural ajaat)

1. Alternative form of aja

Declension

Declension of ajak

	singular	plural
absolutive	ajak	ajaat
ergative	ajaap	ajaat
allative	ajammut	ajannut
ablative	ajammit	ajannit
prosecutive	ajakkut	ajatsigut
locative	ajammi	ajanni
instrumental	ajammik	ajannik
equative	ajattut	ajattut

References

• ajak in Katersat

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• ajk (archaic, literary)

Etymology

From the obsolete aj (“valley; opening”) +‎ -k (“diminutive suffix”), from Proto-Uralic *aŋe (“opening, incision, deepening”). Alternatively, possible cognate of Yakut айах (ayaq, “mouth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒjɒk]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ajak
• Rhymes: -ɒk

Noun

ajak (plural ajkak)

1. (anatomy) lip (either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth)
   • 1825, Mihály Vörösmarty, Zalán futása,^[1] canto 1, lines 5–6, translation by Watson Kirkconnell and Adam Makkai:

     Hol vagyon, aki merész ajakát hadi dalnak eresztvén, / A riadó vak mélységet fölverje szavával, […]

     Where is the one who, with lips all bold, could thunder a war-song / rousing the gloom of the deep and unsighty abysses, […]

2. (anatomy) labium (one of the two pairs of folds of skin either side of the vulva)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	ajak	ajkak
accusative	ajkat	ajkakat
dative	ajaknak	ajkaknak
instrumental	ajakkal	ajkakkal
causal-final	ajakért	ajkakért
translative	ajakká	ajkakká
terminative	ajakig	ajkakig
essive-formal	ajakként	ajkakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	ajakban	ajkakban
superessive	ajkon	ajkakon
adessive	ajaknál	ajkaknál
illative	ajakba	ajkakba
sublative	ajakra	ajkakra
allative	ajakhoz	ajkakhoz
elative	ajakból	ajkakból
delative	ajakról	ajkakról
ablative	ajaktól	ajkaktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	ajaké	ajkaké
non-attributive possessive - plural	ajakéi	ajkakéi

Possessive forms of ajak
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	ajkam	ajkaim
2nd person sing.	ajkad	ajkaid
3rd person sing.	ajka	ajkai
1st person plural	ajkunk	ajkaink
2nd person plural	ajkatok	ajkaitok
3rd person plural	ajkuk	ajkaik

Derived terms

• ajakos
• ajkú

(Compound words):

• ajakbalzsam
• ajakír
• ajakrúzs

Further reading

• ajak in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• ajak in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈad͡ʒak̚]
• Hyphenation: ajak

Etymology 1

From Malay ajak, from Classical Malay اجق (ajak), from Proto-Malayic *ajak, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ajak, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ajak, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *azak.

Verb

ajak (base-imperative ajak, active mengajak, passive diajak)

1. to invite (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Noun

ajak (first-person possessive ajakku, second-person possessive ajakmu, third-person possessive ajaknya)

1. (colloquial) alternative form of ajakan (“invitation”).

Conjugation

Conjugation of ajak (meng-, intransitive)
Root	ajak
	Active	Involuntary / Perfective	Passive	Basic / Imperative	Jussive
Active	mengajak	terajak	diajak	ajak	ajaklah
Locative	mengajaki	terajaki	diajaki	ajaki	ajakilah
Causative / Applicative1	mengajakkan	terajakkan	diajakkan	ajakkan	ajakkanlah
	Causative
Active	memperajak	terperajak	diperajak	perajak	perajaklah
Locative	memperajaki	terperajaki	diperajaki	perajaki	perajakilah
Causative / Applicative1	memperajakkan	terperajakkan	diperajakkan	perajakkan	perajakkanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Etymology 2

ajak

From Malay ajak, from Classical Malay اجق (ajak).

Noun

ajak (first-person possessive ajakku, second-person possessive ajakmu, third-person possessive ajaknya)

1. dhole (Cuon alpinus)

Derived terms

• anjing ajak

 

Descendants

• → English: ajak

Etymology 3

From Minangkabau [Term?].

Adjective

ajak

1. (dialect) similar

   Synonyms: serupa, seperti

Derived terms

• mengajakkan

 

Etymology 4

From Banjarese [Term?].

Adjective

ajak

1. (dialect) defeated

   Synonym: kalah

Further reading

• “ajak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Karaim

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *adak.

Noun

ajak

1. foot, leg

References

• N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “ajak”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Kott

Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔaj(a)k (˜x-,-g).

Noun

ajak

1. thunder

Malay

Alternative forms

• اجق

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ajak, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ajak, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ajak, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *azak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad͡ʒaʔ/
• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒaʔ, -d͡ʒaʔ, -aʔ

Noun

ajak (Jawi spelling اجق, plural ajak-ajak, informal 1st possessive ajakku, 2nd possessive ajakmu, 3rd possessive ajaknya)

1. invitation
2. the dhole

Verb

ajak (Jawi spelling اجق)

1. to invite (ask for the presence or participation of someone)

Sundanese

Romanization

ajak

1. Romanization of ᮃᮏᮊ᮪