joj

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /joj/

Pronoun

joj (Cyrillic spelling јој)

  1. to her (clitic dative singular of òna (“she”))
  2. (emphatic, possessive, dative) her, of hers (clitic dative singular of òna (“she”))
    Gdje 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)

  1. woe! alas!

References
  • “joj” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Tzotzil

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *jooj.

Noun

joj

  1. 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)

  1. raven, crow
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