joujou
French
editEtymology
editDiminutive form of jouet.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editjoujou m (plural joujoux)
Usage notes
editOnly seven words in French ending in -ou have their plurals in -oux instead of -ous: bijou, caillou, chou, genou, hibou, joujou, pou.
Further reading
edit- “joujou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
West Makian
editEtymology
editA reduplication of jou (politeness morpheme), from Ternate jou (“lord”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editjoujou
References
edit- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics (as jowjow)
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