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English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Spanish cilantro, from Late Latin coliandrum, from Latin coriandrum (“coriander”). Doublet of coriander.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /si?l?nt?o?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /si?lænt???/

Noun

cilantro (usually uncountable, plural cilantros)

1. (US) The stems and leaves of the coriander plant, Coriandrum sativum, used as a seasoning and garnish in cooking.

Synonyms

• (herb): Chinese parsley, coriander

Translations

Anagrams

• contrail, cortinal, crotalin

Spanish

Alternative forms

• coriandro (rare)
• culantro (rare, regional, obsolete)

Etymology

From earlier culantro, from Latin coriandrum (compare French coriandre, Italian coriandolo, Portuguese coentro) from Ancient Greek ????????? (koríannon, “coriander”), ?????????? (koríandron).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /?i?lant?o/, [?i?lãn?.t??o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /si?lant?o/, [si?lãn?.t??o]

Noun

cilantro m (plural cilantros)

1. coriander, cilantro

Usage notes

• Unlike the English term borrowed from it, the Spanish term refers to both the plants and the seeds.

Related terms

• culantrillo

Descendants

• ? English: cilantro

Further reading

• “cilantro” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology 1

Noun

aji (uncountable)

1. A spicy Peruvian sauce, often containing tomatoes, cilantro, hot peppers, and onions.

Etymology 2

From Japanese ? (aji).

Noun

aji (uncountable)

1. A horse mackerel, especially the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus

Etymology 3

From Japanese ? (aji, “flavour”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ??-j?, IPA^(key): /?æ.d?i?/; IPA^(key): /???.d?i?/

Noun

aji (uncountable)

1. (go) bad aji
2. (go) The ‘flavour’ of a position, i.e. the extent to which it has lingering possibilities such as bad aji which may not be exploitable when they first arise yet still influence further play; good aji generally means there are few weaknesses.

Usage notes

The sense of “lingering possibilities” is more basic but probably less common.

Derived terms

1. bad aji
2. good aji

Anagrams

• JIA, Jai, Jia

Czech

Alternative forms

• aj

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?aj?/

Conjunction

aji

1. (dialect, Moravia) and (also), and even
2. (dialect, Moravia) even (implying an extreme example, used at the beginning of sentences)

Synonyms

• (standard Czech) i

Further reading

• aji in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu

Drehu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ði/

Noun

aji

1. rat

References

• Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "?De’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French agir (“act”).

Verb

aji

1. act

References

• [1]

Japanese

Romanization

aji

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese agir.

Alternative forms

• ají (Barlavento)

Verb

aji

1. (Sotavento) act

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, ?ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ? (hashi).

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [?z?i]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /?æt?ij/
• Bender phonemes: {hajiy}

Noun

aji

1. chopsticks

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad?i/

Etymology

From Marathi ??? (?j?)

Noun

aji

1. grandmother

   Synonym: granmer

Northern Sami

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?aji?/

Noun

aji

1. drowse, doze
2. daze

Inflection

Derived terms

• adjágas

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland