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jo

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Scots jo (“joy”), from Middle English joye, from Old French joie, from Late Latin gaudia, neuter plural (mistaken as feminine singular) of Latin gaudium (“joy”), from gaudēre (“to be glad, rejoice”). Doublet of joy and gaudy (“Oxford college reunion”).

Noun

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jo (plural jos)

  1. (Scotland) Darling, sweetheart.
    • 1711, traditional, published by James Watson, Old Long Syne:
      On Old long syne my Jo,
      on Old long syne,
      That thou canst never once reflect,
      on Old long syne.
    • My Jo Janet (traditional Scottish song)
      Keek into the draw-well, Janet, Janet;
      There ye'll see your bonnie sel',
      My jo, Janet.
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Japanese 杖.

Noun

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jo (plural jo)

  1. The staff used in the Japanese martial art of jodo or jojutsu.

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Likely a babble word, compare Turkish yok (“no”), and its derivates in other Balkanic languages such as Romanian ioc, Macedonian јок (jok). Comparison with German ja (“yes”)[1] is semantically hard to explain.

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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jo

  1. negates non-verbal phrases: no, not

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “jo”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 159

Basque

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Etymology

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Unknown.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟo/ [ɟo]
 
  • IPA(key): (Gipuzkoan) /xo/ [xo]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /d͡ʒo/ [d͡ʒo]
  • IPA(key): (Navarrese) /jo/ [jo]

  • Rhymes: -o
  • Hyphenation: jo

Verb

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jo du (imperfect participle jotzen, future participle joko, short form jo, verbal noun jotze)

  1. to hit, strike, punch
  2. (music) to play
    Gitarra jo nahi dut. ― I want to play the guitar.
  3. to knock, rap
    Gizon itsusi batek etxeko atea jo du. ― An ugly man knocked on the door.
  4. to crash
  5. to head, go
  6. to blow (the wind)
    Synonym: ibili

Further reading

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  • “jo”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • “jo”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Bavarian

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Etymology

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Cognate with Icelandic jú, Swedish jo. Equivalent to standard High German doch.

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Particle

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jo

  1. yes (in response to a negative question).
    Woids es ned na fuat heid? Jo, owa's wedda is a weng schlecht.
    Wolltet ihr nicht noch heute furt? Doch, aber das Wetter is etwas schlecht.

Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Catalan jo~io~yo, from Vulgar Latin eō (attested from the sixth century), from Latin ego, from Proto-Italic *egō, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂; akin to Greek εγώ (egó), Sanskrit अहम् (aham), all from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Compare Occitan jo, Spanish yo, French je, Italian io.

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Pronoun

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jo (strong)

  1. I
  2. (after certain prepositions) me

Declension

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Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
strong/subject weak (direct object) weak (indirect object) possessive
singular proclitic enclitic proclitic enclitic
1st person jo, mi3 em, m’ -me, ’m em, m’ -me, ’m meu
1st person majestic1 nós ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person tu et, t’ -te, ’t et, t’ -te, ’t teu
2nd person formal1 vós us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person very formal2 vostè el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person masculine ell el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person feminine ella la, l’4 -la li -li seu
3rd person neuter ho -ho li -li seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
plural
1st person nosaltres ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person vosaltres us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person formal2 vostès els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person masculine ells els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person feminine elles les -les els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive en, n’ -ne, ’n
locative hi -hi
1) Behaves grammatically as plural.
2) Behaves grammatically as third person. 		3) Only as object of a preposition.
4) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

Synonyms

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  • mi (after most prepositions)

Noun

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jo m (uncountable)

  1. ego (the self)
    Synonym: ego

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Czech

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Etymology

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Compare Polish jo.

Pronunciation

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Particle

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jo

  1. (colloquial) yeah, yep
    Synonym: ano
    Antonym: ne

Further reading

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  • “jo”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “jo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dalmatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin ubi. Compare Romanian iuo, Italian ove, French où, Old Spanish o.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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jo

  1. where

Danish

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Middle Low German jo. Used like Swedish ju, German ja (adverb) / je (conjunction).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [jo] (unstressed in context)

Adverb

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jo

  1. as you know or should know; sometimes vaguely translatable as after all or obviously
    • 2015, Henriette E. Møller, Jelne, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
      Jeg ved ikke, hvad de talte om, hendes sind blev så mørkt, jeg kunne jo ikke rigtigt snakke med hende.
      I do not know of what they spoke, her mind became so dark, I could not really talk with her, as you should be able to see.
    • 2009, Sven Arvid Birkeland, I krigens kølvand: danske skæbner efter 2. verdenskrig, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN, page 479:
      Han gik jo ikke i krig i håb om, at det skulle blive den store sejr
      After all, he did not go to war in the hopes of achieving great victory.
    • 2016, Anita Krumbach, Dorte Lilmose, Hanne Kvist, Helle Perrier, Iben Mondrup, Louis Jensen, Ronnie Andersen, Sissel Bergfjord, Svend Åge Madsen, Tomas Lagermand Lundme, Det du ikke ved: Noveller for unge, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
      Jeg mener, at selv ens eget navn eller alder KAN man jo ikke være 100 procent sikker på er Dennis/17, vel?
      I mean, one obviously cannot even be 100% sure that one's own name or age are Dennis and 17, can one?

Conjunction

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jo

  1. the
    Jo mere jeg løber, desto trættere bliver jeg.
    The more I run, the more tired I become.
Usage notes
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jo ... desto ..., jo ... des ... are common constructions.

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse jaur.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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jo

  1. yes (used to contradict a negative statement or negatively phrased question) (often followed by I do, he is, etc. in English to indicate contradiction rather than affirmation); identical in usage to the French si. Contrasts with ja which confirms positive statements or positively phrased questions.
    Du elsker mig ikke, gør du vel? — Jo!
    You don't love me, do you? — Yes, I do!
    Jeg har ikke gjort noget! — Jo!
    I didn't do anything! — Yes, you did!
Usage notes
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Negatively phrased questions like Kommer du ikke?, Du kommer ikke, vel?, Du kommer ikke? ("Are you not coming?", "You are not coming, are you?", "You are not coming?") must be answered with jo to indicate that the speaker is, in fact, coming; they cannot be answered with ja ("yes").

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From English yo.

Interjection

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jo

  1. hi
    Ey! - Jo! - Hey! - Hi!
  2. bye
    Later! - Jo! - Later! - Bye!
  3. you too
    Fijn weekend! - Jo! - Have a nice weekend! - You too!

Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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jo (accusative singular jo-on, plural jo-oj, accusative plural jo-ojn)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter J/j.

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *jo, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *ju, compare Gothic 𐌾𐌿 (ju, “already”), Old High German ju (“already”). Cognates include Estonian ju, Votic jo, Veps jo, Ingrian jo, Karelian jo. (“ju”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈjo/, [ˈjo̞]
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Hyphenation(key): jo

Adverb

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jo

  1. already (prior to some time; so soon)
    Luin kirjan jo loppuun.
    I already finished the book.
  2. now, already (emphasizing word)
    Tule jo! (impatiently)
    Come now!

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Friulian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Late Latin eo, from Classical Latin egō̆.

Pronoun

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jo

  1. I

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Friulian personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person jo nô
2nd person familiar tu vô
polite lui, jê lôr
3rd person m lui, lôr
f jê lôr

German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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Alteration of ja (“yes”) or the respective dialectal cognates. Compare English yo.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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jo

  1. (colloquial, dialectal) yes, yeah, well; expresses agreement in a hesitant or ponderous manner.

Etymology 2

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From the respective dialectal words for yes in about half of Northern and Central Germany and all of Western Germany (compare Low German ja, jo). Possibly from Proto-Germanic *ja (“yes, thus, so”), possibly from an unrecorded root. The form with /oː/ must have existed in the Middle Ages already, since the word often partakes in the same sound shifts as words with /oː/ from other sources, cf. Swedish jo, Middle English yo (> English yo).

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Interjection

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jo

  1. (colloquial) yes; expresses firm agreement.
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Ingrian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *jo. Cognates include Finnish jo and Estonian ju.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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jo

  1. already
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 25:
      Kiko ja Miko jo uijuut.
      Kiko and Miko are already swimming.
  2. Emphasises the sentence.
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 64:
      Jo nyt mahan lukkia.
      Now I can read.

References

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 105

Italian

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Pronoun

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jo

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of io

Japanese

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Romanization

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jo

  1. The hiragana syllable じょ (jo) or the katakana syllable ジョ (jo) in Hepburn romanization.
  2. The hiragana syllable ぢょ (jo) or the katakana syllable ヂョ (jo) in Hepburn romanization.

Karelian

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Regional variants of jo
North Karelian
(Viena) 		jo
South Karelian
(Tver) 		jo

Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *jo. Cognates include Finnish jo and Veps jo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈjo/
  • Hyphenation: jo

Adverb

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jo

  1. already

Interjection

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jo

  1. (North Karelian) yes

Synonyms

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  • (yes): (North Karelian) kyllä, (South Karelian) da

References

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  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “jo”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “jo”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎[2], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN
  • P. M. Zaykov et al. (2015) Venäjä-Viena Šanakirja [Russian-Viena Karelian Dictionary], →ISBN

Kashubian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German jo. Compare Slovincian jo (“yes”), Silesian ja (“yes”), regional Polish ja (“yes”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈjɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔ
  • Syllabification: jo

Particle

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jo

  1. yes
    Synonym: tak
    Jo, mògã to zrobic. ― Yes, I can do it.
    Jo, jô jem tam béł. ― Yes, I have been there.

Further reading

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  • “jo”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “tak”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[3]

Konabéré

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Noun

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jo

  1. water

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Lashi

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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jo

  1. to be
  2. to exist

References

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  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎[4], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Latvian

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Pronunciation

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jo

  1. because
  2. for

Particle

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jo

  1. the... the...
    jo vairāk naudas, jo labāk ― the more money the better

Lithuanian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Determiner

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jo

  1. his (3rd person singular masculine possessive)

Pronoun

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jo m

  1. third-person singular genitive of jis
  2. Alternative form of juo

Etymology 2

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From Middle High German ja, possibly via Yiddish יאָ (yo). Compare Latvian jā.

Particle

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jo

  1. (colloquial) yeah
    Synonym: (standard term) taip
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  • Formerly considered obsolete, but seems to have been revived, possibly by influence of English yeah.
  • Usage discouraged by the VLKK.

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Livonian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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Perhaps borrowed from Latvian jo (“because, yet (more)”), /juo/.

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Preposition

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jo

  1. more; used with adjectives to form comparatives

Etymology 2

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Perhaps borrowed from Latvian jau (“yet, already, after all”). However, compare also Finnish jo (“already”), thus ultimately a common Finnic borrowing from Proto-Germanic *ju that has likely been contaminated by the more figurative senses of Latvian jau, with the latter ultimately a distant cognate of the initial Germanic borrowing.

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Preposition

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jo

  1. yet, already, after all
    • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
      mōnigļikizt, ne jo lǟbõd mōzõ
      bumblebees, they are already migrating to their burrows (lit. "going inside of earth")
      amād jo ītist äb peļļõt
      not everyone makes the same [amount of money] (lit. "everyone after all doesn't earn the same")

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  • LĒL only lists jo without listing any instances of juo. Livonian-Latvian-Livonian dictionary, in turn, only lists juo for the comparative forming preposition sense.
  • LĒL doesn't explicitly list the second sense that seems to exactly mirror Latvian jau (including the more figurative applications.) Such a function, however, is inferred from the many usage examples available in the dictionary. As a translation of Latvian jau (strictly in its temporal sense) LĒL lists jõbā (“already”), cf. Estonian juba.

Lower Sorbian

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Particle

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jo

  1. yes (word used to show agreement or acceptance)

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jo

  1. third-person singular present of byś

Pronoun

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jo

  1. accusative of wóno

Alternative forms

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  • njo (after preposition)

Further reading

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  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “jo”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “jo”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Luxembourgish

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Adverb

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jo

  1. yes

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Verb

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jo

  1. second-person singular imperative of joen

Murui Huitoto

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Etymology

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Cognates include Minica Huitoto jo and Nüpode Huitoto jo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈhɔ]
  • Hyphenation: jo

Root

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jo

  1. house

Derived terms

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References

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  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎[5], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 127

North Frisian

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Etymology

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Compare West Frisian hja.

Pronoun

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jo (Föhr-Amrum)

  1. third-person plural personal pronoun
    1. they (subject case)
    2. them, themselves (object case)

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Personal and possessive pronouns (Föhr-Amrum dialect)
personal possessive
subject case object case masculine referent feminine / neuter referent plural referent
full reduced full reduced attributive independent
singular 1st ik 'k mi man min minen
2nd dü – di dan din dinen
3rd m. hi 'r ham 'n san sin sinen
3rd f. / n. hat at, 't at, 't
plural 1st wi 'f üs üüs üüsen
üsens
2nd jam 'm jam jau jauen
jamens
3rd jo 's jo 's hör hören
hörens
notes The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts. At is not enclitic; it can stand in any unstressed position and refers mostly to things. In reflexive use, only full object forms occur.
Dual forms wat / onk and jat / jonk are obsolete, as is feminine jü / hör.
Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents. The forms üsens, jamens, hörens are used optionally (and decreasingly) when the possessor is a larger community, such as a village, city or nation.

Northern Sami

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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jo

  1. already
  2. now

Further reading

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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[6], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse jaur.

Adverb

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jo

  1. yes; in disagreement with the last speaker's negative statement.
    Du har ikke pusset tennene vel? - Jo, det har jeg.
    You haven't brushed your teeth, have you? - Yes, I have.
  2. yes or no; expressing doubt. (colloquial)
    Vil du være med? - Jo...
    Do you want to join? - I'm not sure...
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Ja can be interpreted as an agreement with the person replied to. Jo is used instead of ja if this agreement could cause ambiguity. In example 1, agreement with the person asking the question would be the opposite of a confirmation that one actually did brush the teeth. As such ja would be ambiguous. The answer jo removes the possibility of agreement with the speaker.

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Etymology 2

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

From Old Norse gjóðr.

Noun

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jo m (definite singular joen, indefinite plural joer, definite plural joene)

  1. a skua, seabird of family Stercorariidae.
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse jór, from Proto-Germanic *ehwaz.

Noun

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jo m (definite singular joen, indefinite plural joar, definite plural joane)

  1. a horse (only used in given names)
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Female given names:

Etymology 2

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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From Old Norse gjóðr.

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  • gjod (alternative spelling)

Noun

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jo m (definite singular joen, indefinite plural joar, definite plural joane)

  1. a skua, seabird of family Stercorariidae.
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Etymology 3

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From Norwegian Bokmål jo, from Danish jo.

Adverb

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jo

  1. Alternative form of jau

Etymology 4

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Compare Swedish ju.

Adverb

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jo

  1. Used to indicate an expectation of common understanding, or that what is said is an obvious fact – “as you well know,” “of course.”
    Synonym: no
    Han kom jo aldri
    But he never came though
    Ikkje rart at du fekk ølskummet over heile golvet. Ein skal jo ikkje slå på ølboksen fyri ein opnar den!
    It’s not weird that you’ve got the beer foam all-over the floor. You shouldn’t punch the beer can before you open it, y’know!

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Occitan

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Late Latin eo, from Classical Latin egō̆.

Pronoun

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jo (Gascony)

  1. I

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Latin iugum.

Noun

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jo m

  1. yoke

Old French

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Pronoun

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jo

  1. (Old Northern French) Alternative form of je

Old Frisian

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Pronoun

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jō

  1. Alternative form of jū, accusative/dative of jī

Inflection

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Old Frisian personal pronoun declensions
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd m 3rd f 3rd n 1st 2nd 3rd
nominative ik thū hī hiū, hiō hit wī jī hiā
accusative mī thī hine hiā hit ūs jū, jō hiā
dative mī thī him hire, hiāre him ūs jū, jō him, hirem, hiārem
genitive mīn thīn sīn hire, hiāre sīn ūser jūwer hira, hiāra

Plautdietsch

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Adverb

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jo

  1. yes

Polabian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ.

Pronoun

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jo

  1. first-person pronoun; I

References

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  • The template Template:R:pox:SejDp does not use the parameter(s): 
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    Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.    Polański, Kazimierz (1971) “jo”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 2 (ďüzd – ľotü), Wrocław, Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 225
  • Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “jo”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 75
  • Olesch, Reinhold (1962) “Je”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 374

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɔ
  • Syllabification: jo

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ.

Pronoun

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jo

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of ja (“I”)

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from German jo.

Particle

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jo

  1. (colloquial or dialectal, Chełmno-Dobrzyń) yeah, yep
    Synonyms: tak, ano, no, hej
    Antonym: nie

Further reading

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  • jo in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “jo”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 303

Saterland Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian hiā. Cognates include West Frisian hja and North Frisian jo.

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Pronoun

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jo (oblique hier)

  1. they

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Saterland Frisian personal pronouns
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd m 3rd f 3rd n 1st 2nd 3rd
stressed iek du hie ju dät wie jie jo
unstressed er ze et ze
objective mie die him hier dät uus jou hier

References

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  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “jo”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Slovincian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈjɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔ
  • Syllabification: jo

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ.

Pronoun

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jo

  1. I (first-person pronoun)

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from German ja (“yes; yes!”). Compare Kashubian jo (“yes”), Silesian ja (“yes”), regional Polish ja (“yes”).

Particle

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jo

  1. yes

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈxo/ [ˈxo]
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Syllabification: jo

Etymology 1

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Interjection

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¡jo!

  1. stop, whoa (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof)
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Etymology 2

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Euphemistic clipping of joder (“fuck”).

Interjection

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¡jo!

  1. (euphemistic) Used to express surprise, amazement, or confusion
    ¡Jo! ― I never heard anything like that before. / Are you serious? / Boy!

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Possibly from English yo.

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Interjection

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jo

  1. (Sheng) added for emphasis to the end of a sentence
    Manze jo! ― Oh man!

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish iū, from Old Norse jaur.

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Interjection

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jo

  1. yes; used as a disagreement to a negative statement or a negatively phrased question (has no English equivalent, but is similar to French si)
    Du har inte borstat tänderna, eller hur? - Jo, det har jag.
    You haven't brushed your teeth, have you? - Yes, I have.
  2. yes (more generally, in a similar vein to jodå – see its usage notes)
    – Är det du som är han? – Jo, det är jag.
    – Are you that guy? – Yep, that's me.
    1. yeah
      Ah, jo, det stämmer nog när jag tänker efter
      Ah, yeah, that's probably correct when I think about it
  3. (with an excited, rising tone) Expresses having an insight; oh
    Jo(ooo)! Nu kom jag på hur man löser pusslet.
    O(ooo)h! I figured out how to solve the puzzle now.
  4. A filler, at the start of an utterance (to get someone's attention); listen, so, hey, etc. (compare "yeah")
    Jo, det är så att det är en grej som jag måste berätta för er
    So, there is something that I have to tell you ("So, it is such that there is a thing that I have to tell you," with some common stalling wording)

Usage notes

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Ja (“yes”) can be interpreted as an agreement with the person replied to. Jo is used instead of ja if this agreement could cause ambiguity. In the example above agreement with the person asking the question would be the opposite of a confirmation that one actually did brush the teeth. As such ja would be ambiguous. The answer jo removes the possibility of agreement with the speaker. In Swedish dialects spoken in northern Sweden and Finland, it is however not uncommon for the word jo to be used in place of ja in all cases, at least in spoken language.

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Anagrams

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Veps

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *jo.

Adverb

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jo

  1. already

References

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  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “уж, уже”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[9], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Votic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *jo.

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Adverb

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jo

  1. already
  2. (with negative) any more

Particle

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jo

  1. An emphatic intensifying particle.

References

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  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “jo”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

West Frisian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Frisian jū, from Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz, from Proto-Germanic *izwiz, dative/accusative of *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yū́.

Pronoun

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jo

  1. you (second person singular nominative formal pronoun)
Usage notes
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Though it is a singular pronoun, jo takes the plural conjugation of verbs.

Inflection
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West Frisian personal pronouns
Number Person Nominative Objective Possessive
Normal Reflexive Determiner Pronoun
Singular First ik my mysels myn mines
Second Informal do/dû1 dy dysels dyn dines
Formal jo jo josels jo jowes
Third Masculine hy him himsels syn sines
Feminine sy/hja1 har harsels har harres
Neuter it it himsels syn sines
Plural First wy ús ússels ús uzes
Second jim(me) jim(me) jimsels/jinsels jim(me) jimmes
Third sy/hja1 har(ren) harsels har(ren) harres
1. Now mostly archaic and unused

Further reading

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  • “jo”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Determiner

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jo

  1. your (second-person singular formal possessive determiner)
Further reading
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  • “jo”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Ye'kwana

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Pronunciation

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Postposition

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jo

  1. (with following directional suffix -nno) indicates a point of origin

Usage notes

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This postposition also infrequently occurs without -nno, in which case it is not clear whether it inflects at all and its meaning is difficult to determine.

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[10], Lyon, pages 277–278

Yoruba

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Etymology 1

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Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *jó, compare with Igala jó

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Verb

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jó

  1. (intransitive) to dance
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Etymology 2

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Possibly from Proto-Yoruboid *jó, cognate with Igala jó

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jó

  1. (ergative) to burn
  2. (transitive) to sting; to irritate

Etymology 3

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Verb

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jò

  1. to drip
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