different between onion vs aji

English

Alternative forms

• onyon (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English onyon, union, oinyon, borrowed from Anglo-Norman union et al. and Old French oignon, from Latin ?ni?nem, accusative of ?ni? (“onion, large pearl”), which had also been borrowed into Old English as ynne, ynnel?ac (“onion”) (> Middle English hynne-leac, henne-leac). Also displaced Middle English knelek (“onion”) and the inherited term ramsons.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nj?n/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /???j?n/
• Rhymes: -?nj?n

Noun

onion (plural onions)

1. A monocotyledonous plant (Allium cepa), allied to garlic, used as vegetable and spice.
2. The bulb of such a plant.
   • 1962 (quoting 1381 text), Hans Kurath & Sherman M. Kuhn, eds., Middle English Dictionary, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, ISBN 978-0-472-01044-8, page 1242:

     dorr??, d?r? adj. & n. […] cook. glazed with a yellow substance; pome(s ~, sopes ~. […] 1381 Pegge Cook. Recipes p. 114: For to make Soupys dorry. Nym onyons […] Nym wyn […] toste wyte bred and do yt in dischis, and god Almande mylk.

3. (uncountable) The genus as a whole.
4. (obsolete baseball slang) A ball.
5. (colloquial, chiefly archaic) A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.

Synonyms

• (vegetable): violet (UK dialect)

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• chive
• scallion
• shallot

Welsh

Noun

onion m (singulative onionyn)

1. Alternative form of wynwyn (“onion”)

Mutation

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “wynwyn, wnion, winion, winiwn, &c.”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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