loj

See also: Appendix:Variations of "loj"

Translingual

Symbol

loj

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Lou.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Lou terms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lojь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lôːj/

Noun

lȏj m (Cyrillic spelling ло̑ј)

1. tallow, suet, fat

Declension

Declension of loj

	singular	plural
nominative	lȏj	lojevi
genitive	lȍja	lojeva
dative	loju	lojevima
accusative	loj	lojeve
vocative	loju	lojevi
locative	loju	lojevima
instrumental	lojem	lojevima

Further reading

• “loj”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German loi, loie. Further origin disputed. Cognate of Danish løj, Dutch lui.

Adjective

loj (comparative lojare, superlative lojast)

1. tired and relaxed

Declension

Inflection of loj

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	loj	lojare	lojast
neuter singular	lojt	lojare	lojast
plural	loja	lojare	lojast
masculine plural2	loje	lojare	lojast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	loje	lojare	lojaste
all	loja	lojare	lojaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

• lojhet

References

• loj in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• loj in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• loj in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• loj in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

White Hmong

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Hmong-Mien *hljo (“big”). Cognate with hlob (“to grow”), Iu Mien hlo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɒ˥˧/

Adjective

loj

1. big

Verb

loj

1. to be big

References

• Jaisser, Annie, Ratliff, Martha, Riddle, Elizabeth, Strecker, David, Vang, Lopao, Vang, Lyfu (1995) Hmong For Beginners‎^[1], Center for Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley, page 242.