See also: løj, lőj, łoj, łój, and Łój

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lojь.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

lȏj m (Cyrillic spelling ло̑ј)

  1. tallow, suet, fat

Declension edit

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Low German loi, loie. Further origin disputed. Cognate of Danish løj, Dutch lui.

Adjective edit

loj (comparative lojare, superlative lojast)

  1. tired and relaxed

Declension edit

Inflection of loj
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular loj lojare lojast
Neuter singular lojt lojare lojast
Plural loja lojare lojast
Masculine plural3 loje lojare lojast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 loje lojare lojaste
All loja lojare lojaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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White Hmong edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *hljo (big). Cognate with hlob (to grow), Iu Mien hlo.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

loj

  1. big

Verb edit

loj

  1. to be big

References edit

  • Jaisser, Annie, Ratliff, Martha, Riddle, Elizabeth, Strecker, David, Vang, Lopao, Vang, Lyfu (1995) Hmong For Beginners[1], Center for Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley, page 242.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 64; 210.