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-oj

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See also: oj

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • -roj, -soj, -toj, -zoj, -lloj

Etymology

From Old Albanian -onj, from Late Proto-Albanian *-ånje/a, from earlier *-ānja, from Late Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂nyeti.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ój (very productive)

  1. Forms verbs from nouns, adjectives, adverbs and verbs.
    zhurmë (noise) + -ojzhurmoj (to make noise)
    shkurt (short) + -ojshkurtoj (to cut, make short)
    ndal (to stop) + -ojndaloj (to stop)

Conjugation

Derived terms

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K'iche'

Pronunciation

Suffix

-oj

  1. Forms nouns from verbs
    q’o’ (to paint; to embroider)q’o’oj (embroidery; adornment)
    lochij (to sprinkle water with hands)loch’oj (patch of ground reserved for garden)
  2. Forms (more specific) verbs from verbs
    toq’ (to gore, to stab)toq’oj (to stab to death)
    sik’ (to pick up or find on the ground)sik’oj (to collect; to pick up)
  3. Forms verbs from nouns
    jos (hoe, sickle)josoj (to scrape)
    bis (sadness)bisoj (to be sad about something)
  4. (uncommon) Forms verbs from adjectives
    tz’il (dirty)tz’iloj (to make dirty)
    k’ix (hairy; spiny)k’ixoj (to prick)
  5. (rare) Forms adjectives from verbs
    poq’ij (to pop)poq’oj (boiled)
  6. (rare) Forms resultative nouns from nouns
    chak (work)chakoj (profit)

References

  • Christenson, Allen J. (2003), Kʼicheʼ-English dictionary and Guide to the pronunciation of the Kʼicheʼ-Maya alphabet, Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, →OCLC
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