aji

See also: ají

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish ají.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈhi/

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

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

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

• bad aji
• good aji

Anagrams

• JIA, Jai, Jia

Balinese

Romanization

aji

1. Romanization of ᬳᬚᬶ

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

Further reading

• aji in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu

Drehu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑði/

Noun

aji

1. rat

References

• Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. 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.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. 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.

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French agir (“act”).

Verb

aji

1. act

References

• [1]

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈad͡ʒi/
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒi
• Hyphenation: a‧ji

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

• ajian
• ajisesirep

 

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

• “aji” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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

• ají (Barlavento)

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

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [ɑzʲi]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /ɰætʲij/
• Bender phonemes: {hajiy}

Noun

aji

1. chopsticks

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Marathi आजी (ājī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adʒi/

Noun

aji

1. grandmother

   Synonym: granmer

Naga Pidgin

Etymology

Inherited from Assamese আজি (azi).

Adverb

aji

1. today

Related terms

• kali

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

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi/
• Rhymes: -d͡ʒi
• Hyphenation: a‧ji

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

• inaji
• inajyan
• kahaji
• maṅaji
• paṅajyan
• pinakāji
• umaji

 

Noun

aji

1. value

Derived terms

• ajinan
• iṅajen
• paṅaji

 

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.