loj

See also: løj, lőj, łoj, łój, and Łój

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lojь.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lôːj/

Noun

lȏj m (Cyrillic spelling ло̑ј)

  1. tallow, suet, fat

Declension
Declension of loj
singular plural
nominative lȏj lojevi
genitive lȍja lojeva
dative loju lojevima
accusative loj lojeve
vocative loju lojevi
locative loju lojevima
instrumental lojem lojevima

Swedish

Etymology

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

Adjective

loj (comparative lojare, superlative lojast)

  1. tired and relaxed

Declension
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

References

White Hmong

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lɒ˥˧/

Adjective

loj

  1. big

Verb

loj

  1. to be big

References
  • Jaisser, Annie, Ratliff, Martha, Riddle, Elizabeth, Strecker, David, Vang, Lopao, Vang, Lyfu (1995) Hmong For Beginners‎, 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.
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