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

• “ujo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• jou, juo

Cognate with Finnish ujo.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈujo/, [ˈujo̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈujo/, [ˈujo̞]
• Rhymes: -ujo
• Hyphenation: u‧jo

ujo (comparative ujomp)

1. thin
2. timid, shy

• (thin): hoikka, laiha, kehno, ohukkain
• (timid): armolliin

• (diminutive) ujokkain

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 621

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ujь.

See also Bulgarian ву́йчо (vújčo), Serbo-Croatian у̏ја̄к/ȕjāk, Slovene ujac, Russian вуй (vuj) and уй (uj), Ukrainian вуй (vuj). 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