joj

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /joj/

Pronoun

joj (Cyrillic spelling јој)

1. to her (clitic dative singular of òna (“she”))
2. (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

	Singular			Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	ȏn	òna	òno	òni	òne	òna
genitive	njȅga, ga	njȇ, je	njȅga, ga	njȋh, ih	njȋh, ih	njȋh, ih
dative	njȅmu, mu	njȏj, joj	njȅmu, mu	njȉma, im	njȉma, im	njȉma, im
accusative	njȅga, ga, nj	njȗ, ju, je	njȅga, ga, nj	njȋh, ih	njȋh, ih	njȋh, ih
vocative	—	—	—	—	—	—
locative	njȅm, njȅmu	njȏj	njȅm, njȅmu	njȉma	njȉma	njȉma
instrumental	njȋm, njíme	njȏm, njóme	njȋm, njíme	njȉma	njȉma	njȉma

Etymology 2

Of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jôːj/

Interjection

jȏj (Cyrillic spelling јо̑ј)

1. woe! alas!

References

• “joj” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Tzotzil

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *jooj.

Noun

joj

1. 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)‎^[1] (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)

1. raven, crow