joio

Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *iolium, from Latin lolium. Compare Spanish joyo and Catalan jull.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒoj.u/ [ˈʒoɪ̯.u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒoj.u/ [ˈʒoɪ̯.u]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒoj.o/ [ˈʒoɪ̯.o]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒoj.u/

Noun

joio m (uncountable)

1. cockle, darnel, tares, vetch (cereal weed)

   Synonyms: cizânia, falso trigo, larica

Derived terms

• separar o joio do trigo (“separate the wheat from the chaff”)

Further reading

• “joio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English enjoy + -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔi̯ɔ/

Verb

joio (first-person singular present joiaf, not mutable)

1. apheretic form of enjoio (“to enjoy”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of joio (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	joiaf	joii	joi, joia	joiwn	joiwch	joiant	joiir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	joiwn	joiit	joiai	joiem	joiech	joient	joiid
preterite	joiais	joiaist	joiodd	joiasom	joiasoch	joiasant	joiwyd
pluperfect	joiaswn	joiasit	joiasai	joiasem	joiasech	joiasent	joiasid, joiesid
present subjunctive	joiwyf	joiych	joio	joiom	joioch	joiont	joier
imperative	—	joi, joia	joied	joiwn	joiwch	joient	joier
verbal noun	joio
verbal adjectives	joiedig joiadwy

Mutation

Mutated forms of joio

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
joio	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “joio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies