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 (accusative atë, dative asaj, ablative asaj)

1. she

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 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
• Syllabification^(key): a‧jo
• 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 2 July 2023

• 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 (plural ajo-ajo)

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)

Declension of ajo (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	ajo	ajot
genitive	ajon	aijoin, ajoloin
partitive	aijoa	ajoja, ajoloja
illative	aijoo	aijoi, ajoloihe
inessive	ajos	ajois, ajolois
elative	ajost	ajoist, ajoloist
allative	ajolle	ajoille, ajoloille
adessive	ajol	ajoil, ajoloil
ablative	ajolt	ajoilt, ajoloilt
translative	ajoks	ajoiks, ajoloiks
essive	ajonna, aijoon	ajoinna, ajoloinna, aijoin, ajoloin
exessive1)	ajont	ajoint, ajoloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

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

ajō (present infinitive ajere, perfect active ait); third conjugation iō-variant, highly defective, no passive, no supine stem, no gerund

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 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Wikispecies

• 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

Declension of ajo (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	ajo	ajod
genitive	ajo	ajojõ, ajoi
partitive	ajjoa	ajoitõ, ajoi
illative	ajjosõ, ajjo	ajoisõ
inessive	ajoz	ajoiz
elative	ajossõ	ajoissõ
allative	ajolõ	ajoilõ
adessive	ajollõ	ajoillõ
ablative	ajoltõ	ajoiltõ
translative	ajossi	ajoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

• 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