juju
English
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Etymology 1
From a West African language, probably originally from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French joujou.
Noun
juju (countable and uncountable, plural jujus)
- A fetish or charm believed by West Africans to have magical or supernatural powers.
- The magical or supernatural power of such a charm.
- (informal) The (usually negative) karmic consequences of an action or behavior.
- That's some bad juju.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Reduplication of -ju- in marijuana.
Noun
juju (plural jujus)
- (slang) A marijuana cigarette; a joint.
- 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin 2010, p. 75:
- ‘I knew a guy once who smoked jujus,’ she said. ‘Three highballs and three sticks of tea and it took a pipe wrench to get him off the chandelier.’
- 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin 2010, p. 75:
Etymology 3
Noun
juju (uncountable)
- Synonym of jùjú (“music genre”)
Finnish
Pronunciation
Noun
juju
- (colloquial) catch, hitch, snag, kicker (problem or unexpected difficulty in a deal, negotiation or task)
- Kuulostaa hyvältä idealta, mutta mikä on homman juju?
- It sounds like a great idea, but what's the catch?
- Kuulostaa hyvältä idealta, mutta mikä on homman juju?
- (colloquial) trick (effective, clever or quick way of doing something, the "secret")
- Homman juju on laskea kortit tarkasti.
- The trick of it is to count the cards carefully.
- Homman juju on laskea kortit tarkasti.
Declension
Inflection of juju (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | juju | jujut | ||
genitive | jujun | jujujen | ||
partitive | jujua | jujuja | ||
illative | jujuun | jujuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | juju | jujut | ||
accusative | nom. | juju | jujut | |
gen. | jujun | |||
genitive | jujun | jujujen | ||
partitive | jujua | jujuja | ||
inessive | jujussa | jujuissa | ||
elative | jujusta | jujuista | ||
illative | jujuun | jujuihin | ||
adessive | jujulla | jujuilla | ||
ablative | jujulta | jujuilta | ||
allative | jujulle | jujuille | ||
essive | jujuna | jujuina | ||
translative | jujuksi | jujuiksi | ||
abessive | jujutta | jujuitta | ||
instructive | — | jujuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Panyjima
Noun
juju
Synonyms
- jujunmarra (avoidance)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
juju m (plural jujus)
Spanish
Noun
juju f (plural jujus)
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