ajonje

Spanish

Alternative forms

• ajonge, aljonge, ajónge, aljónge, ajónje (archaic)

Etymology

Unknown, identical to Catalan llonja, alonja (“vegetal matter to make birdlime when mixed with resinous substrate”). Hardly related to ajonjolí since this Arabism lacks in Catalan and the composite plant, to which the meaning of birdlime is secondary, has no commonality with sesame. Latin axungia (“lard”) has other descendants.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈxonxe/ [aˈxõŋ.xe]
• Rhymes: -onxe
• Syllabification: a‧jon‧je

Noun

ajonje m (plural ajonjes)

1. birdlime
2. a plant, Andryala ragusina

Derived terms

• ajonjera

 

Further reading

• “ajonje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “ajonjolí”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 97