juuj

Marshallese

Etymology

From English shoes.

Pronunciation
  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [tʲuːtʲ], (enunciated) [tʲuutʲ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /tʲiwitʲ/
  • Bender phonemes: {jiwij}

Noun

juuj

  1. shoes
  2. a hoof

References

Yucatec Maya

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA(key): /hùːh/

Noun

juuj

  1. iguana
  2. lizard

References
  • Beltrán de Santa Rosa María, Pedro (1746) Arte de el idioma maya reducido a succintas reglas, y semilexicon yucateco (in Spanish), Mexico: Por la Biuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, page 176: “Iguana. Huh.”
  • Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 59
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