ajo

From Proto-Albanian *a-jā, compound of proclitic particle a and jā, from *h₁eyéh₂ (compare Latin eā), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey. More at ai.

• IPA^(key): [aˈjɔ]

ajo f sg (accusative atë, dative asaj, ablative asaj)

1. she

• “ajo”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• Newmark, L. (1999) “ajo”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]
• “ajo”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

From Proto-Finnic *ajo. Equivalent to ajaa (“to drive”) +‎ -o.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑjo/, [ˈɑ̝jo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑjo
• Hyphenation^(key): ajo

ajo

1. driving
2. riding (act of riding a motorcycle)
3. chase

   Synonyms: takaa-ajo, jahti

4. shaving (act of shaving hair)
5. (computing) execution, run
6. (motor racing) (endurance) race

   Le Mansin 24 tunnin ajo ― 24 Hours of Le Mans

• “ajo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• OAJ, oja

ajo (plural ajo) (Valdôtain, Graphie BREL)

1. Alternative form of âjo (“age”) documented in the following location(s): Fontainemore

ajo

1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of agir

Cognate with Fon àjò

• IPA^(key): /à.d͡ʒò/

àjò (plural àjò lɛ́ or àjò lẹ́)

1. theft

From Minangkabau [Term?].

• IPA^(key): /ˈad͡ʒo/
• Hyphenation: ajo

ajo (first-person possessive ajoku, second-person possessive ajomu, third-person possessive ajonya)

1. (dialect) older brother.

   Synonym: uda

• “ajo” 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.

From aijaa (“to ride; to drive”) +‎ -o.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑjo/, [ˈɑjo̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑjo/, [ˈɑjo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑjo
• Hyphenation: a‧jo

ajo

1. drive
2. ride (on a horse)
3. scrap (on the coast)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 9

ajō (present infinitive ajere, perfect active ait); third conjugation iō-variant, irregular, highly defective

1. Alternative spelling of aiō

Derived from ajotin (“to drive”).

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈʒoː/

ajo m or f (Arabic spelling ئاژۆ)

1. Synonym of ajotvan (“driver”)

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “ajo”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 4

ajo

1. first-person singular present indicative of agir

• IPA^(key): /ˈaxo/ [ˈa.xo]

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• Rhymes: -axo
• Syllabification: a‧jo

Inherited from Latin allium.

ajo m (plural ajos)

1. garlic

Shortened from carajo.

ajo m (plural ajos)

1. profanity, curse word

   Synonym: palabrota

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ajo

1. first-person singular present indicative of agir
2. first-person singular present indicative of ajar

• “ajo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

 

 

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• agio — classical
• aio — obsolete

From Latin alium.

• (central) IPA^(key): /ˈa.jo/
• (lagoon) IPA^(key): /ˈa.d͡ʒo/

ajo m (plural aji)

1. garlic

   Go tolto tanto ajo e tante séołe.

   I harvested lots of garlic and onions.

From Proto-Finnic *ajo.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈɑjo/, [ˈɑʝo]
• Rhymes: -ɑjo
• Hyphenation: a‧jo

ajo

1. travel, trip
2. driving
3. chase

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “ajo”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

• IPA^(key): [aho]

ajo (transitive)

1. to chew
2. to grind

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ajo”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[4], Lyon
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 315

 

• IPA^(key): /à.d͡ʒó/

àjó

1. turmeric

   Synonyms: ata ilẹ̀ pupa, yéyémùyé, àjóyìbó

• IPA^(key): /à.d͡ʒò/

àjò

1. journey, trip
2. abroad

   àwọn ọmọ Nàìjá tó wà lájò ― the Nigerian Diaspora (literally, “the Nigerians that are abroad”)

• ìrìn àjò (“journey; voyage”)

Borrowed from Spanish ajo, from Latin allium.

ajo

1. garlic

• Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2006) Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán‎^[5], segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F. México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 21