# uji
## Translingual
### Symbol

uji
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Tanjijili.

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Tanjijili terms

## English
### Etymology

From Japanese うじ (uji).

### Noun

uji (plural ujis or uji)
* (historical) A Japanese clan or kin group of the Kofun period.

### Anagrams

* jiu

## Albanian
### Noun

uji
* inflection of ujë:
** definite nominative singular
** indefinite dative/ablative singular

## Iban
### Etymology

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

### Verb

uji
* to try, to test

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*KBBI Daring”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Igala
### Alternative forms

* újíì

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ú.d͡ʒì/

### Noun

újì
* hawk or kite; (in particular, Yellow-billed kite)

#### Related terms

* áchálìfọ (“buzzard”)

### References

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

## Igbo
### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

uji$^?$
* river
    Synonyms: mmili, iyi

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

ùjì
* cave, hollow

### References

* 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
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈud͡ʒi/ [ˈu.d͡ʒi]
* Rhymes: -ud͡ʒi
* Syllabification: u‧ji

### Noun

uji (plural uji-uji)
* test, trial, check

### Verb

uji (active menguji, passive diuji)
* to test, examine

#### Affixed terms

* beruji
* diuji
* keterujian
* menguji
* penguji
* pengujian
* peuji
* teruji
* ujian

#### Compounds

* uji alfa
* uji ambang
* uji asam
* uji balistik
* uji banding
* uji beta
* uji cepat
* uji coba
* uji emisi
* uji hayati
* uji jalan kendaraan bermotor
* uji jalan mesin
* uji kebutuhan oksigen
* uji kelayakan
* uji kepatutan
* uji kir
* uji klinik
* uji klinis
* uji kompetensi
* uji kompetensi guru
* uji laktat
* uji materi
* uji narkoba
* uji nyali
* uji petik
* uji praklinis
* uji rasa
* uji susu
* uji tabrak
* uji tanah
* uji tera
* uji teras
* uji toksisitas
* uji tusuk kulit
* uji usap

### Further reading

* “uji” 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.
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*uzi”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Japanese
### Romanization

uji
* Rōmaji transcription of うじ

## Malay
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ud͡ʒi/
* Rhymes: -ud͡ʒi, -d͡ʒi, -i

### Verb

uji (Jawi spelling اوجي)
* 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

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:
* uji air (“water test”)
* uji bakat (“audition”)
* uji berlian (“test diamond”)
* uji kaji (“research”)
* uji koyak (“tear test”)

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: uji

### Further reading

* “uji” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*uzi”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

uji class XI (no plural)
* porridge (thin; breakfast cereal dish)

#### See also

* ugali

## Ye'kwana
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [uhʷi]

### Verb

uji
* (transitive) to seek, to look for

### References

* Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “uji”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon
* Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) 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, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021

## Yoruba
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ū.d͡ʒì/

### Noun

ujì
* (Ekiti) The plant Chassalia magnificens, of genus Chassalia