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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
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”))
Gdje joj je auto?- Where is her car?
Declension
Inflection of 3rd-person pronouns
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Singular
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Plural
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| Masculine
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Feminine
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Neuter
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Masculine
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Feminine
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Neuter
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| nominative
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ȏn
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òna
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òno
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òni
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òne
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òna
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| genitive
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njȅga, ga
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njȇ, je
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njȅga, ga
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njȋh, ih
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njȋh, ih
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njȋh, ih
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| dative
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njȅmu, mu
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njȏj, joj
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njȅmu, mu
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njȉma, im
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njȉma, im
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njȉma, im
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| accusative
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njȅga, ga, nj
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njȗ, ju, je
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njȅga, ga, nj
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njȋh, ih
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njȋh, ih
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njȋh, ih
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| vocative
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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| locative
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njȅm, njȅmu
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njȏj
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njȅm, njȅmu
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njȉma
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njȉma
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njȉma
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| instrumental
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njȋm, njíme
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njȏm, njóme
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njȋm, njíme
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njȉma
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njȉma
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njȉma
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Etymology 2
Of onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation
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