-oj

Albanian

Etymology

-o (“vowel stem”) +‎ -j (“I”).

See -j (“I”) for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔj/ (Standard)
• IPA^(key): /oj/

Suffix

-ój

1. suffix used for 1st person singular (active voice) - indicative, present form. Only used for verbs with an o-stem and for I-I-1a verb types (I-I-1a: conjugation I, class I, subclass 1a)
2. Forms verbs from nouns

   zhurmë (“noise(s)”) + -oj → zhurmoj (“I make noise(s)”)

3. Forms verbs from adjectives

   shkurt (“short”) + -oj → shkurtoj (“I cut; I make short”)

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːx/

Suffix

-oj

1. Forms nouns from verbs

   q’o’ (“to paint; to embroider”) → q’o’oj (“embroidery; adornment”)

   lochij (“to sprinkle water with hands”) → loch’oj (“patch of ground reserved for garden”)

2. Forms (more specific) verbs from verbs

   toq’ (“to gore, to stab”) → toq’oj (“to stab to death”)

   sik’ (“to pick up or find on the ground”) → sik’oj (“to collect; to pick up”)

3. Forms verbs from nouns

   jos (“hoe, sickle”) → josoj (“to scrape”)

   bis (“sadness”) → bisoj (“to be sad about something”)

4. (uncommon) Forms verbs from adjectives

   tz’il (“dirty”) → tz’iloj (“to make dirty”)

   k’ix (“hairy; spiny”) → k’ixoj (“to prick”)

5. (rarely) Forms verbs from adjectives

   poq’ij (“to pop”) → poq’oj (“boiled”)

6. (rarely) Forms resultative nouns from nouns

   chak (“work”) → chakoj (“profit”)

References

• Allen J. Christenson, Kʼiche-English dictionary