Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology 1 edit

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Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

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 edit

Etymology 2 edit

Of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation edit

Interjection edit

jȏj (Cyrillic spelling јо̑ј)

  1. woe! alas!

References edit

  • joj” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Tzotzil edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mayan *jooj.

Noun edit

joj

  1. common raven (Corvus corax)

References edit

  • 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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mayan *jooj.

Noun edit

joj (plural jojoʼob)

  1. raven, crow