uji

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Japanese うじ (uji).

Noun[edit]

uji (plural ujis or uji)

  1. (historical) A Japanese clan or kin group of the Kofun period.

Anagrams[edit]

Iban[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uzi, from Proto-Austronesian *uzi (“test, assay, examine”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

uji

  1. to try, to test

Igala[edit]

Újì

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ú-dì, compare with Yoruba idì, Yoruba àwòdì

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

újì

  1. hawk or kite; (in particular, Yellow-billed kite)

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • John Idakwoji (2015 February 12) An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN

Igbo[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Compare with Yoruba eji, Proto-Yoruboid *á-ji

Noun[edit]

uji?

  1. river
    Synonyms: mmili, iyi

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

ùjì

  1. cave, hollow

References[edit]

  • Michael J. C. Echeruo (2001) “uji”, in Igbo-English Dictionary: A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Igbo Language with an English-Igbo Index, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria: Longman Nigeria Plc, →ISBN, page 158

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Malay uji, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uzi, from Proto-Austronesian *uzi (“test, assay, examine”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈʊd͡ʒi]
  • Hyphenation: uji

Noun[edit]

uji (first-person possessive ujiku, second-person possessive ujimu, third-person possessive ujinya)

  1. test
  2. trial
  3. check

Affixed terms[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

uji

  1. Rōmaji transcription of うじ

Malay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uzi, from Proto-Austronesian *uzi (“test, assay, examine”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

uji (Jawi spelling اوجي)

  1. to test, to check
    Synonym: periksa
    Hari ini, cikgu akan menguji pengetahun am awak semua.
    Today, I will test your general knowledge skills.

Derived terms[edit]

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • penguji [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
  • pengujian [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
  • ujian (“exam, test”) [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
  • menguji [agent focus] (meN-)
  • diuji [patient focus] (di-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Further reading[edit]

Swahili[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun[edit]

uji (u class, no plural)

  1. porridge (thin; breakfast cereal dish)

See also[edit]

Ye'kwana[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

uji

  1. (transitive) to seek, to look for

References[edit]

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “uji”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[1], Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 315
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “uhīyɨ”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021

Yoruba[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ujì

  1. (Ekiti) The plant Chassalia magnificens, of genus Chassalia
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