juuj

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English shoes.

Pronunciation

• (phonetics) IPA^(key): [tʲuːtʲ], (enunciated) [tʲuutʲ]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /tʲiwitʲ/
• Bender phonemes: {jiwij}

Noun

juuj

1. shoes
2. a hoof

References

• Abo, Takaji; Bender Byron W.; Capelle, Alfred; DeBrum, Tony (2009–), “juuj”, in Marshallese–English Online Dictionary‎^[1]

Yucatec Maya

Alternative forms

• huh (obsolete)
• huuh (obsolete)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hùːh/

Noun

juuj

1. iguana
2. lizard

References

• Beltrán de Santa Rosa María, Pedro (1746), Arte de el idioma maya reducido a succintas reglas, y semilexicon yucateco (in Spanish), Mexico: Por la Biuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, page 176: “Iguana. Huh.”
• Montgomery, John (2004), Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 59