-ajo

Borrowed from Esperanto -aĵo, English -age, French -age, Italian -aggio, Spanish -aje, from Latin -aticum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʒo/, /ˈad͡ʒo/

-ajo

1. used with a noun or adjective to indicate an object so characterised, or an act

   ‎alkoholo (“alcohol”) + ‎-ajo → ‎alkoholajo (“spirituous liquor”)

   ‎reda (“red”) + ‎-ajo → ‎redajo (“substance red”)

2. used with a transitive or mixed verb, its object

   ‎drinkar (“to drink”) + ‎-ajo → ‎drinkajo (“a drink, beverage”)

3. used with an intransitive verb something so acting

   ‎eventar (“to happen, occur”) + ‎-ajo → ‎eventajo (“an event”)

• -aja

Inherited from Latin -aculum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaxo/ [ˈa.xo]
• Rhymes: -axo
• Syllabification: -a‧jo

-ajo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ajos)

1. forms pejorative diminutives of adjectives and nouns

   Synonyms: -rro, -rra, -arro, -orro, -arajo, -strajo, -ucho

• Used especially after masculine nouns. Compare -aja.

• “-ajo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024