taji

Borrowed from Malay taji (“spur”). Compare Cebuano tari.

taji

1. spur (An appendage or spike pointing rearward, near the foot, for instance that of a rooster)

• IPA^(key): [ˈtajɪ]

taji

1. inflection of taj:
   1. dative/vocative/locative singular
   2. instrumental plural

taji

1. first-person singular present of tát

• IPA^(key): [ˈtad͡ʒi]
• Hyphenation: ta‧ji

From Malay taji (“spur”).

taji (first-person possessive tajiku, second-person possessive tajimu, third-person possessive tajinya)

1. spur

   Synonyms: jalu, susuh, susuk

   1. an appendage or spike pointing rearward, near the foot, for instance that of a rooster.
   2. an metalic appendage to above.

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taji (first-person possessive tajiku, second-person possessive tajimu, third-person possessive tajinya)

1. Podocarpus neriifolius

• “taji” 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.

taji m

1. nominative/vocative plural of tajs

• IPA^(key): /tad͡ʒi/
• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒi, -d͡ʒi, -i

taji (Jawi spelling تاجي, plural taji-taji, informal 1st possessive tajiku, 2nd possessive tajimu, 3rd possessive tajinya)

1. spur (An appendage or spike pointing rearward, near the foot, for instance that of a rooster)

• “taji” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from Arabic تَاج (tāj).

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taji (ma class, plural mataji)

1. crown

   Synonym: tiara

2. championship

   Synonym: ubingwa

Possibly related to Malay taji (“a spur”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.d͡ʒi/

taji

1. (transitive) to stick into, to pierce, stab

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

taji

1. plural of tajo

Likely from Ternate taji (“to stab”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪a.d͡ʒi/

taji

1. (transitive) to stab (with a knife, etc.)

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *tahi. Cognate with Mayo tajji, Cora taíj, Huichol tái and Classical Nahuatl tletl.

taji

1. fire