See also jer.
ajeng I facing (root form: kr for adhep).
II progress, forward movement (root form: kr for aju).
III front (root form for arep).
IV will, want (md for arep).
V younger female. See also jeng.
aji I ng, aos kr value, worth; - pumpung or - mumpung opportunistic, to take the opportunity to enjoy o.s.;
ngajèni 1 to respect, honour; 2 to value;
ngaji-aji to esteem or value highly;
ajèn-ingajènan to respect each other;
pangaji or pengaji at the price of; to the amount of.
II king.
III or aji-aji magic formula, amulet.
IV var of kaji II;
ngaji ng, ngaos kr to recite the Quran;
ngajèkaké 1 to send s.o. to study and recite the Quran; 2 to recite the Quran for others.
ajrih fear, afraid, scared; awe, respect (kr for wedi); - asih respectful and devoted;
ngajrih-ajrihi 1 fearsome; 2 to threaten s.o. (kr for ngeden-deni).
aju ng, ajeng kr forward movement; undur vicissitudes, ups and downs;
ngajoni 1 to approach s.o. by moving forward; 2 to take part in;
ngajokaké 1 to put forward; to (cause to) move forward; submit; 2 to remand;
maju 1 to go forward, advance; 2 to face, confront; to go to war. See also maju.
ajug, ajug-ajug 1 tray or pedestal for an oil lamp; 2 reg handle of a harrow.
ajun or ajung assistant; - jeksa deputy of a prosecutor.
ajur 1 severely damaged, crushed; 2 to dissolve, disintegrate, digest; - kumurkumur wrecked; - luluh 1 dissolved; 2 smashed; - memet completely crushed; - mumur pulverised.
Akad Sunday. See also Ahad, Ngahad.
akal idea, scheme, thought; akal-akal to have a foolish idea, to try a trick;
ngakal to find (a solution);
ngakali 1 to deceive; 2 to take advantage of s.o., cheat s.o.;
ngakal-akali to cheat others again and again;
akal-akalan manipulation, machination;
kalah okol menang akal prov 'the brain is mightier than the bone'.
akas hard and dry, crusty.
akasa lit the sky, the heavens.
akèh ng, kathah kr much, many, plenty;
ngakèhi to make s.t. more;
ngakèhi-ngakèhi to cause to be too much;
kakèhan (or kakèhen) too much; excessively much/many; - cangkem 1 (to engage in) too much talk (and too little action); 2 (to do) too much grumbling;
akèh-akèhan to compare or compete for most;
akèh-akéhé or kèh-kèhé at most.
aken to tell s.o. to do s.t. (kr for akon).
akep, ngakep to hold between the lips; pipa to smoke a pipe.
akèrat the hereafter, the next life; donya - eternal (see also donya).
akik agate; akik-akikan 1 all kinds of agate; 2 imitation agate.
akil-balèg of age, adult (in Islam, able to undertake religious duties).
aking 1 dry (kr for garing); 2 ng, kr, to dry out; sega - dried rice (see also sega).
akir the end; - taun the end of the year;
akir-akir lately, recently;
ngakiri to end, close;
akir(-akir)é finally.
akon to tell s.o. to do s.t.;
akon-akon to hand out orders (to many);
ngakon to order, have s.o. do s.t.
akrab close relatives; intimate, chummy;
ngakrabi to be close to;
ngakrabake to bring close, strengthen (friendships etc).
aksama or pangaksama lit forgiveness, pardon; nyuwun - to ask forgiveness (see also suwun).
aksami var of aksama.
aksara 1 letter of an alphabet; 2 written character; - gedrik printed characters; - murda capital (Javanese) letters; rékan Javanese characters to accommodate foreign sounds; - swara vowel letters.
aksi lit eye (var of èksi).
aku 1 ng, kula kr, dalem k.i. I, me; kowé we, us; - kabèh all of us;
ngaku ng, ngaken kr 1 to adopt s.o. as a member of the family; 2 to acknowledge, admit, confess;
ngakoni to admit;
diakokaké 1 to pass s.o. off as a relative; 2 to say that s.t. belongs to s.o. when it doesn't;
ngaku-aku to claim falsely;
pangakuan dosa confession (Roman Catholic);
wong kaya aku kowé people like us.
akur harmonious, congenial, agreeable;
ngakuraké 1 to synchronise (of watch, scale); 2 to appease, bring about peace;
akuran 1 mutually agreed; 2 to compromise; 2 verification, collation.
ala ng, awon kr, èlèk coll, bad, evil, nasty, ugly; - atine bad character; - becik quality; - meneng or - nganggur to pass the time in a better way than doing nothing; - duluné indecent, improper;
tanpa rupa unattractive looking;
ala-ala bad though one may be;
ngala-ala to sully s.o.'s name, to speak ill of s.o. behind their back;
ngalani to do bad things to s.o.; to bring harm to; to make s.o. bad;
ngalan-alani to make s.t. bad;
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