ajak

English

Noun

ajak (plural ajaks)

  1. In Indonesia, the dhole (Cuon alpinus).
    • 1991, Bill Dalton, Indonesia Handbook, p. 374:
      Indonesia where the ajak, the handsome, rufous, bushy-tailed wild dog (a subspecies of the Indian dhole) still thrives.
    • 2015, Labodalih Sembiring, translating Eka Kurniawan, Man Tiger, Verso 2015, p. 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.

Hungarian

Etymology

From the dialectal aj (“valley; opening”) +‎ -k (“diminutive suffix”), from Proto-Uralic *aŋe (“opening, incision, deepening”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒjɒk]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ajak

Noun

ajak (plural ajkak)

  1. lip
    • 1825, Mihály Vörösmarty, Zalán futása, canto 1, lines 5–6:
      Hol vagyon, aki merész ajakát hadi dalnak eresztvén, / A riadó vak mélységet fölverje szavával, […]

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
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

(Compound words):

References

  1. ↑ Entry #17 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Malay ajak, from Proto-Malayic *ajak, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ajak, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ajak, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *azak, from (Wesern) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *azak.

Verb

ajak (used in the form mengajak)

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

Etymology 2

Noun

ajak

  1. dhole (Asian Wild Dog)
  2. invitation

Kott

Etymology

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

Noun

ajak

  1. thunder

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ajak (Jawi spelling اجق‎, plural ajak-ajak)

  1. invitation
  2. the dhole

Verb

ajak (Jawi spelling اجق‎, used in the form mengajak)

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

Sundanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ajak, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi, see ajak.

Verb

ajak

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