jool

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

jool (plural jools)

  1. Alternative form of jhool

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

jool (plural jools)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of jewel.
    • 1937, Stella Blum, Everyday Fashion of the Thirties as pictured in Sears Catalogs, published 1986, page 91:
      MAD MONEY "stays put" in this pleated Acetate Crepe bag with "jools" on top and the right fixin's inside.
    • 1954 July 29, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] Tolkien, “A Long-Expected Party”, in The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, published September 1973, →ISBN, page 46:
      ‘All the top of your hill is full of tunnels packed with chests of gold and silver, and jools, by what I’ve heard.’ / ‘Then you’ve heard more than I can speak to,’ answered the Gaffer. ‘I know nothing about jools. […]

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From jolen.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /joːl/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: jool
  • Rhymes: -oːl

Noun[edit]

jool m or f (uncountable)

  1. glee, revelry

Related terms[edit]

Semai[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Aslian [Term?], from Proto-Mon-Khmer *bɲuəl (“pangolin”). Compare Proto-Katuic *-jool, whence Pacoh youl.

Noun[edit]

jool[1]

  1. pangolin; scaly anteater

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Basrim bin Ngah Aching (2008) Kamus Engròq Semay – Engròq Malaysia, Kamus Bahasa Semai – Bahasa Malaysia, Bangi: Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
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