kaji

See also: kaji', kají, káji, and kǎjī

English

Alternative forms

  • qaji

Etymology

Borrowed from Georgian ქაჯი (kaǯi).

Noun

kaji (plural kajis)

  1. (Georgian mythology) an ugly anthropomorphic spirit

Translations

See also

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkajɪ]

Verb

kaji

  1. first-person singular present indicative of kát

Ido

Noun

kaji

  1. plural of kajo

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay kaji, from Old Javanese kahaji.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈkad͡ʒi/ [ˈka.d͡ʒi]
  • Rhymes: -ad͡ʒi
  • Syllabification: ka‧ji

Noun

kaji (plural kaji-kaji)

  1. lesson, study
  2. investigation
  3. reciting (Qur'an)

Conjugation

Conjugation of kaji (meng-, transitive)
root kaji
active passive basic
imperative
emphatic
jussive
reflective1 ordinary
ordinary
nominative mengaji, mengkaji terkaji dikaji kaji kajilah
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2 mengajikan, mengkajikan terkajikan dikajikan kajikan kajikanlah
causative
nominative memperkaji terperkaji diperkaji perkaji perkajilah
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2 memperkajikan terperkajikan diperkajikan perkajikan perkajikanlah

1 There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
2 The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

kaji

  1. Rōmaji transcription of かじ

Ladino

Etymology

From Latin quasi. Compare Spanish casi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaʒi/

Adverb

kaji

  1. almost

Malay

Alternative forms

  • کاجي

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkad͡ʒi/ [ˈka.d͡ʒi]
  • Rhymes: -ad͡ʒi, -d͡ʒi, -i
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ji

Etymology 1

Possibly from Old Javanese aji (scripture).

Noun

kaji (Jawi spelling کاجي, plural kaji-kaji)

  1. lesson, study
  2. branch of study
  3. investigation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

kaji (Jawi spelling کاجي)

  1. Plectorhynchus spp.

Further reading

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

kaji

  1. clearly

Etymology 2

From Proto-Mixtec *káxíʔ.

Verb

kaji

  1. (ambitransitive) eat
Derived terms
  • skaji

References

  • Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎[1] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 23