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jo

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jo - English

Pronunciation

  • (Scotland) IPA: /d͡ʒoː/

Noun

jo (plural jos)

  1. (Scotland) Darling, sweetheart.

Alternative forms

Noun

jo (plural jo)

  1. The staff used in the Japanese martial art of jodo or jojutsu.

Anagrams

jo - Albanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /jɔ/

Determiner

jo

  1. negates non-verbal phrases: no, not

Synonyms

jo - Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA: (Southern) /xo/, [xo̞]
  • IPA: (Northern) /jo/, [jo̞]

Verb

jo ? (present participle jotzen, future participle joko, short form jo, verbal noun jotze)

  1. to hit, strike, punch
  2. (music) to play
    • Gitarra jo nahi dut. ― I want to play the guitar.
  3. to knock, rap
    • Gizon itsusi batek etxeko atea jo du. ― An ugly man knocked on the door.
  4. to crash
  5. to head, go
  6. to blow (the wind)

jo - Bavarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /joː/

Particle

jo

  1. yes (in response to a negative question).
    • Woids es ned na fuat heid? Jo, owa's wedda is a weng schlecht.
      • Wolltet ihr nicht noch heute furt? Doch, aber das Wetter is etwas schlecht.

jo - Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Central) IPA: /ˈʒɔ/
  • (Valencian) IPA: /ˈjo/, /ˈjɔ/

Pronoun

jo (strong)

  1. I
  2. (after certain prepositions) me

Declension

strong/subject weak (direct object) weak (indirect object) possessive
singular proclitic enclitic proclitic enclitic
1st person jo, mi3 em, m’ -me, ’m em, m’ -me, ’m meu
1st person majestic1 nós ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person tu et, t’ -te, ’t et, t’ -te, ’t teu
2nd person formal1 vós us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person very formal2 vostè el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person masculine ell el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person feminine ella la, l’4 -la li -li seu
3rd person neuter ho -ho li -li seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
plural
1st person nosaltres ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person vosaltres us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person formal2 vostès els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person masculine ells els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person feminine elles les -les els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive en, n’ -ne, ’n
locative hi -hi
1) Behaves grammatically as plural. 2) Behaves grammatically as third person. 3) Only as object of a preposition. 4) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

Synonyms

  • mi (after most prepositions)

Noun

jo m (uncountable)

  1. ego (the self)

jo - Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈjo]

Particle

jo

  1. (colloquial) yeah, yep

jo - Dalmatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /jo/

Adverb

jo

  1. where

jo - Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [jo] (unstressed in context)

Adverb

jo

  1. as you know or should know; sometimes vaguely translatable as after all or obviously

Conjunction

jo

  1. the
    • Jo mere jeg løber, desto trættere bliver jeg.
      • The more I run, the more tired I become.

Usage notes

jo ... desto ..., jo ... des ... are common constructions.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈjɔʊ̯ˀ]

Interjection

jo

  1. yes (used to contradict a negative statement or negatively phrased question) (often followed by I do, he is, etc. in English to indicate contradiction rather than affirmation); identical in usage to the French si. Contrasts with ja which confirms positive statements or positively phrased questions.
    • Du elsker mig ikke, gør du vel? — Jo!
      • You don't love me, do you? — Yes, I do!
    • Jeg har ikke gjort noget! — Jo!
      • I didn't do anything! — Yes, you did!

Usage notes

Negatively phrased questions like Kommer du ikke?, Du kommer ikke, vel?, Du kommer ikke? ("Are you not coming?", "You are not coming, are you?", "You are not coming?") must be answered with jo to indicate that the speaker is, in fact, coming; they cannot be answered with ja ("yes").

jo - Dutch

Interjection

jo

  1. hi
    • Ey! - Jo! - Hey! - Hi!
  2. bye
    • Later! - Jo! - Later! - Bye!
  3. you too
    • Fijn weekend! - Jo! - Have a nice weekend! - You too!

jo - Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [jo]
  • Hyphenation: jo

Noun

jo (accusative singular jo-on, plural jo-oj, accusative plural jo-ojn)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter J.

jo - Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈjo/, [ˈjo̞]
  • Syllabification: jo

Adverb

jo

  1. already (prior to some time; so soon)
    • Luin kirjan jo loppuun.
      • I already finished the book.
  2. now, already (emphasizing word)
    • (impatiently) Tule jo!
      • Come now!

Derived terms

jo - Friulian

Pronoun

jo

  1. I

jo - German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /jɔː/

Interjection

jo

  1. (colloquial, dialectal) yes, yeah, well; expresses agreement in a hesitant or ponderous manner.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /joː/

Interjection

jo

  1. (colloquial) yes; expresses firm agreement.

Derived terms

jo - Ingrian

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈjo/, [ˈjo̞]
  • (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈjo/, [ˈjo̞]
  • Hyphenation: jo

Adverb

jo

  1. already
  2. Emphasises the sentence.

jo - Italian

Pronoun

jo

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of io

jo - Japanese

Romanization

jo

  1. Rōmaji transcription of じょ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ジョ
  3. Rōmaji transcription of ぢょ
  4. Rōmaji transcription of ヂョ

jo - Karelian

Adverb

jo

  1. already

jo - Kashubian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈjɔ/
  • Hyphenation: jo

Interjection

jo

  1. yes
    • Jo, mògã to zrobic. ― Yes, I can do it.
    • Jo, jô jem tam béł. ― Yes, I have been there.

jo - Konabéré

Pronunciation

  • (Kouka) IPA: /ɟō/
  • (Tansilla Toma) IPA: /ɟû/

Noun

jo

  1. water

Alternative forms

jo - Lashi

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /d͡ʑo/, /d͡ʑɔ/

Verb

jo

  1. to be
  2. to exist

jo - Latvian

Conjunction

jo

  1. because
  2. for

Particle

jo

  1. the... the...
    • jo vairāk naudas, jo labāk ― the more money the better

jo - Lithuanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [jo]

Determiner

jo

  1. his (3rd person singular masculine possessive)

Pronoun

jo m

  1. (third-person singular) genitive form of jis.

Particle

jo

  1. (colloquial) yes

jo - Livonian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /jo/

Preposition

jo

  1. more; used with adjectives to form comparatives

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /jo/

Preposition

jo

  1. yet, already, after all

Usage notes

  • LĒL only lists jo without listing any instances of juo. Livonian-Latvian-Livonian dictionary, in turn, only lists juo for the comparative forming preposition sense.
  • LĒL doesn't explicitly list the second sense that seems to exactly mirror Latvian jau (including the more figurative applications.) Such a function, however, is inferred from the many usage examples available in the dictionary. As a translation of Latvian jau (strictly in its temporal sense) LĒL lists jõbā (“already”), cf. Estonian juba.

jo - Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [jɔ]

Particle

jo

  1. yes (word used to show agreement or acceptance)

Verb

jo

  1. third-person singular present of byś

Pronoun

jo

  1. accusative of wóno

Alternative forms

  • njo (after preposition)

jo - Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /jo/, [joː]
  • Homophone: Jo

Adverb

jo

  1. yes

Verb

jo

  1. second-person singular imperative of joen

jo - Maquiritari

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [hʷo]

Postposition

jo

  1. (with following directional suffix -nno) indicates a point of origin

Usage notes

This postposition also infrequently occurs without -nno, in which case it is not clear whether it inflects at all and its meaning is difficult to determine.

jo - Murui Huitoto

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈhɔ]
  • Hyphenation: jo

Root

jo

  1. house

Derived terms

jo - North Frisian

Alternative forms

  • djo (Helgoland)
  • ja (Sylt and Mooring)

Pronoun

jo

  1. they

jo - Northern Sami

Adverb

jo

  1. already
  2. now

jo - Norwegian Bokmål

Adverb

jo

  1. yes; in disagreement with the last speaker's negative statement.
    • Du har ikke pusset tennene vel? - Jo, det har jeg.
      • You haven't brushed your teeth, have you? - Yes, I have.
  2. yes or no; expressing doubt. (colloquial)
    • Vil du være med? - Jo...
      • Do you want to join? - I'm not sure...

Usage notes

Ja can be interpreted as an agreement with the person replied to. Jo is used instead of ja if this agreement could cause ambiguity. In example 1, agreement with the person asking the question would be the opposite of a confirmation that one actually did brush the teeth. As such ja would be ambiguous. The answer jo removes the possibility of agreement with the speaker.

Noun

jo m (definite singular joen, indefinite plural joer, definite plural joene)

  1. a skua, seabird of family Stercorariidae.

Derived terms

jo - Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

jo m (definite singular joen, indefinite plural joar, definite plural joane)

  1. a horse (only used in given names)

Male given names:

  • Jo
  • Joalv
  • Joar
  • Jobjørn
  • Jofast
  • Jofrød
  • Jofrøy
  • Jogeir
  • Jogrim
  • Johamar
  • Jokjell
  • Jole
  • Jolv, Julv
  • Jomar
  • Jorek
  • Jostein

Female given names:

  • Jo
  • Jodis
  • Jofrid, Jorid
  • Jogjerd
  • Joreid

Alternative forms

  • gjod (alternative spelling)

Noun

jo m (definite singular joen, indefinite plural joar, definite plural joane)

  1. a skua, seabird of family Stercorariidae.

Derived terms

Adverb

jo

  1. Alternative form of jau

Adverb

jo

  1. Used to indicate an expectation of common understanding, or that what is said is an obvious fact – “as you well know,” “of course.”
    • Synonym: no
    • Han kom jo aldri
      • But he never came though
    • Ikkje rart at du fekk ølskummet over heile golvet. Ein skal jo ikkje slå på ølboksen fyri ein opnar den!
      • It’s not weird that you’ve got the beer foam all-over the floor. You shouldn’t punch the beer can before you open it, y’know!

jo - Occitan

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ʒu/, /ju/

Pronoun

jo

  1. (Gascony) I

Noun

jo m

  1. yoke

jo - Old French

Pronoun

jo

  1. Alternative form of je

jo - Old Frisian

Pronoun

jō

  1. Alternative form of jū, accusative/dative of jī

Inflection

singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd m 3rd f 3rd n 1st 2nd 3rd
nominative ik thū hī hiū, hiō hit wī jī hiā
accusative mī thī hine hiā hit ūs jū, jō hiā
dative mī thī him hire, hiāre him ūs jū, jō him, hirem, hiārem
genitive mīn thīn sīn hire, hiāre sīn ūser jūwer hira, hiāra

jo - Plautdietsch

Adverb

jo

  1. yes

jo - Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /jɔ/
  • Syllabification: jo

Pronoun

jo

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of ja (“I”)

Particle

jo

  1. (colloquial or dialectal) yeah, yep

jo - Saterland Frisian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /joː/
  • Hyphenation: jo

Pronoun

jo (oblique hier)

  1. they

jo - Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈxo/ [ˈxo]
  • Syllabification: jo

Interjection

¡jo!

  1. stop, woah (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof)

Derived terms

Interjection

¡jo!

  1. (euphemistic) Used to express surprise, amazement, or confusion
    • ¡Jo! ― I never heard anything like that before. / Are you serious? / Boy!

jo - Swahili

Interjection

jo

  1. (Sheng) added for emphasis to the end of a sentence
    • Manze jo! ― Oh man!

jo - Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /juː/

Interjection

jo

  1. yes; used as a disagreement to a negative statement or a negatively phrased question.
    • Du har inte borstat tänderna, eller hur? - Jo, det har jag.
      • You haven't brushed your teeth, have you? - Yes, I have.

Usage notes

  • Sometimes used to mean yes more generally, in a similar vein to jodå. See the usage notes for that interjection.
  • Ja (“yes”) can be interpreted as an agreement with the person replied to. Jo is used instead of ja if this agreement could cause ambiguity. In the example above agreement with the person asking the question would be the opposite of a confirmation that one actually did brush the teeth. As such ja would be ambiguous. The answer jo removes the possibility of agreement with the speaker. In Swedish dialects spoken in northern Sweden and Finland, it is however not uncommon for the word jo to be used in place of ja in all cases, at least in spoken language.

Anagrams

jo - Veps

Adverb

jo

  1. already

jo - Votic

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈʝo/, [ˈʝo]
  • Hyphenation: jo

Adverb

jo

  1. already
  2. (with negative) any more

Particle

jo

  1. An emphatic intensifying particle.

jo - West Frisian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /joː/
  • (unstressed) IPA: /jə/

Pronoun

jo

  1. you (second person singular nominative formal pronoun)

Usage notes

Though it is a singular pronoun, jo takes the plural conjugation of verbs.

Inflection

Number Person Nominative Objective Possessive
Normal Reflexive Determiner Pronoun
Singular First ik my mysels myn mines
Second Informal do/dû1 dy dysels dyn dines
Formal jo jo josels jo jowes
Third Masculine hy him himsels syn sines
Feminine sy/hja1 har harsels har harres
Neuter it it himsels syn sines
Plural First wy ús ússels ús uzes
Second jim(me) jim(me) jimsels/jinsels jim(me) jimmes
Third sy/hja1 har(ren) harsels har(ren) harres
1. Now mostly archaic and unused

Determiner

jo

  1. your (second-person singular formal possessive determiner)

jo - Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /d͡ʒó/

Verb

jó

  1. (intransitive) to dance

Derived terms

  • àlùjó
  • ijó (“dance”)
  • jójó (“to dance [a dance]”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /d͡ʒó/

Verb

jó

  1. (ergative) to burn
  2. (transitive) to sting; to irritate

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /d͡ʒò/

Verb

jò

  1. to drip

Derived terms

  • ìjòdànù (“leakage”)
  • jíjò (“leaking”)
  • òjò (“rain”)
Meaning and Definition of jo
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