joj
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /joj/
Pronoun
joj (Cyrillic spelling јој)
- to her (clitic dative singular of òna (“she”))
- (emphatic, possessive, dative) her, of hers (clitic dative singular of òna (“she”))
- Gd(j)e joj je auto?
- Where is her car?
Declension
Inflection of 3rd-person pronouns
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | ȏn | òna | òno | òni | òne | òna |
| genitive | njȅga, ga | njȇ, je | njȅga, ga | njȋh, ih | njȋh, ih | njȋh, ih |
| dative | njȅmu, mu | njȏj, joj | njȅmu, mu | njȉma, im | njȉma, im | njȉma, im |
| accusative | njȅga, ga, nj | njȗ, ju, je | njȅga, ga, nj | njȋh, ih | njȋh, ih | njȋh, ih |
| vocative | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| locative | njȅm, njȅmu | njȏj | njȅm, njȅmu | njȉma | njȉma | njȉma |
| instrumental | njȋm, njíme | njȏm, njóme | njȋm, njíme | njȉma | njȉma | njȉma |
Etymology 2
Of onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jôːj/
Interjection
jȏj (Cyrillic spelling јо̑ј)
- woe! alas!
References
- “joj” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Tzotzil
Etymology
From Proto-Mayan *jooj.
Noun
joj
- common raven (Corvus corax)
References
- Hurley Vda. de Delgaty, Alfa; Ruíz Sánchez, Agustín (1978) Diccionario tzotzil de San Andrés con variaciones dialectales: Tzotzil - español, español - tzotzil (Series de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 22) (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Educación a Grupos Marginados, page 66: “joj”
- Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán (Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology; 19), City of Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, DOI:, page 156: “hoh”
- Laughlin, Robert M.; Haviland, John B. (1988) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of Santo Domingo Zinacantán, with Grammatical Analysis and Historical Commentary (Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology; 31), Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, DOI:, page 211: “joj”
Yucatec Maya
Etymology
From Proto-Mayan *jooj.
Noun
joj (plural jojoʼob)
- raven, crow