ujo

Back-formation from -ujo (“container for”).

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• IPA^(key): [ˈujo]
• Rhymes: -ujo
• Hyphenation: u‧jo

ujo (accusative singular ujon, plural ujoj, accusative plural ujojn)

1. container for something, receptacle
2. country inhabited mostly / established (originally) by some nation

Unknown. Cognate with Ingrian ujo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈujo/, [ˈujo̞]
• Rhymes: -ujo
• Hyphenation^(key): ujo

ujo (comparative ujompi, superlative ujoin)

1. shy, coy, timid

• ujostuttaa
• ujous

• jou, juo

From Proto-Slavic *ujь, cognate with Bulgarian ву́йчо (vújčo), Serbo-Croatian у̏ја̄к/ȕjāk, Slovene ujac, Russian вуй (vuj) and уй (uj), Ukrainian вуй (vuj); from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₂yos. Compare Latin avus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈujɔ/

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1. maternal uncle
2. uncle

• ujec

• ujko

• strýko, strýc

• “ujo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024