jou

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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

  • djou (Cape Afrikaans)

Etymology 1

From Dutch jou. Also related to English you.

Pronoun

jou (subject jy)

  1. you (singular, object)

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Etymology 2

From Dutch jouw.

Determiner

jou

  1. your (singular)
    • 2016, “In Jou Atmosfeer”, in Sal Jy Met My Dans?, performed by Kurt Darren, South Africa:
      In jou atmosfeer.
      In your atmosphere.

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Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan jou, from Latin iugum (compare Occitan jo, French joug, Spanish yugo), from Proto-Italic *jugom, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.

Pronunciation

Noun

jou m (plural jous)

  1. (agriculture, also figuratively) yoke
  2. col (between mountains)
  3. (nautical) transom (type of structural beam)

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch jou, from Old Dutch *jū, a northern (Frisian?) variant of *iu, from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz, a West Germanic variant of *izwiz. Doublet of u.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

jou

  1. objective form of jij (you (singular)): you
    Ik zal dit wel even doen voor jou.I'll do this for you.
    Kan ik jou iets vragen?
    Can I ask you something?
    Ik geef jou mijn boek om te lezen.
    I'm giving you my book to read.
    Zij heeft een cadeau voor jou gekocht.
    She bought a gift for you.

Usage notes

In informal language, mostly replaced by the unstressed form je, with the form jou used for emphasis or contrast.

Hoe gaat het met je? — Goed. En met jou?
How are you? — I'm good. What about you?
Heb je zijn telefoonnummer voor me? — Dat mag ik je eigenlijk niet geven, maar voor jou maak ik graag een uitzondering.
Could you give me his phone number? — I'm not really supposed to give it out to you, but for you I'll gladly make an exception.

Inflection

Alternative forms

  • a (Brabantian)

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: jou
  • Jersey Dutch: jāu
  • Petjo: jou
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: asu

Verb

jou

  1. inflection of jouen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Finnish

Etymology

< English yo

Pronunciation

Interjection

jou (slang)

  1. yo (greeting)

Anagrams

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French jour.

Pronunciation

Noun

jou

  1. day

Kalo Finnish Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Romani ov.

Pronoun

jou

  1. he

References

  • jou” in Finnish Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Mbyá Guaraní

Verb

jou

  1. to find
  2. to obtain

Conjugation

Old French

Pronoun

jou

  1. Alternative form of je

Romansch

Pronoun

jou (Sutsilvan)

  1. Alternative form of jau (I)

Saterland Frisian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian jūwe, from Proto-West Germanic *iuwar, from Proto-Germanic *izweraz. Cognates include West Frisian jim and German euer.

Determiner

jou (predicative jouens)

  1. your
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Etymology 2

From Old Frisian , from Proto-West Germanic *iuwiz, from Proto-Germanic *izwiz. Cognates include West Frisian jo and German euch.

Pronoun

jou

  1. yourselves
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Pronoun

jou

  1. oblique of jie; you
See also

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015), “jou”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Ternate

Jou Baabullah

Etymology

From N- (nominalizer) +‎ cou (to serve), possibly signifying the one served.

Pronunciation

Noun

jou (Jawi جوو)

  1. lord
  2. sultan
  3. god

Alternative forms

References

  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Toba Batak

Verb

jou (active manjou)

  1. (transitive) to call

References

  • J. Warneck (1906) Tobabataksch-Deutsches Wörterbuch, Batavia: Landsdrukkerij, page 57

West Frisian

Verb

jou

  1. first-person singular present of jaan (to give)
  2. imperative of jaan (to give)