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Possibly related to jobu and joba.
jobi (genitive jobi, partitive jobi)
Borrowed from Finnish jopi, ultimately from English job.
jobi (genitive jobi, partitive jobi)
This meaning is not understood by younger speakers and might be confusing due to homophony with the vulgar term.
Declension of jobi (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | jobi | jobid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | jobi | ||
genitive | jobide | ||
partitive | jobi | jobisid | |
illative | joppi jobisse |
jobidesse | |
inessive | jobis | jobides | |
elative | jobist | jobidest | |
allative | jobile | jobidele | |
adessive | jobil | jobidel | |
ablative | jobilt | jobidelt | |
translative | jobiks | jobideks | |
terminative | jobini | jobideni | |
essive | jobina | jobidena | |
abessive | jobita | jobideta | |
comitative | jobiga | jobidega |