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Cypriot Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic جُوع (jūʕ).
Noun
joco m
- hunger
References
- Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 190
Latin
Pronunciation
Verb
jocō (present infinitive jocāre, perfect active jocāvī, supine jocātum); first conjugation
- Alternative form of iocō
Conjugation
Noun
jocō
- dative/ablative singular of jocus
References
- “joco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- joco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish foco.
Pronunciation
Noun
joco (plural joco)
- flashlight
1976, Constantino Vásquez Muñoz, Cuento Tyontye = Experiencia Con Una Zorra, México, D.F.: El Instituto de Lingúístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Educación Extraescolar en el Medio Indígena:Tyꞌon ro tsꞌo tye̱ ntoꞌchon ndoꞌ yo foco tja ro jon.- So my father took a gun and a flashlight and went to see what happened.
References
- Stewart, Cloyd, Stewart, Ruth D., colaboradores amuzgos (2000) Diccionario amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 44) (in Spanish), Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 79: “jocoꞌ (m b)”
- Tapia García, L. Fermín (1999) Tzoⁿ ʼtzíkindyi jñò nd'a Tzjóⁿ Noà yo jñò tzko = Diccionario amuzgo-español: El amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca (in Spanish), CIESAS, →ISBN, page 86: “Jokò (3.1)”