luj

See also: lüj, lůj, and ļuj

Albanian

Verb

luj

1. Dialectal form of luaj

Lombard

Alternative forms

• lüj, lui, lüi (Western orthographies)
• löj, löi (Eastern orthographies)

Etymology

From Latin iūlius. Compare Italian luglio, Piedmontese luj, Ligurian lùggio, Emilian lój, Spanish julio, Friulian Lui.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lyj/, [lyj] (Western)
• IPA^(key): /lyj/, [løj] (Eastern)
• IPA^(key): /lyj/, [lyʎ] (Poschiavo)

Proper noun

luj m

1. July

Polish

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Middle High German loi, loie (“lazy”). If so, cognate to Middle Dutch lui.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luj/

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• Rhymes: -uj
• Syllabification: luj

Noun

luj m pers

1. (colloquial, derogatory) bum, scrunge, a scruffy man

   Synonyms: lump, menel, żul

2. (colloquial, derogatory) hoodlum, rogue

   Synonyms: łobuz, opryszek, zakapior

3. (gay slang, derogatory) heterosexual man who is the object of desire of a homosexual (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

Declension

Declension of luj

	singular	plural
nominative	luj	luje
genitive	luja	lujów
dative	lujowi	lujom
accusative	luja	lujów
instrumental	lujem	lujami
locative	luju	lujach
vocative	luju	luje

Noun

luj m animal

1. (school slang) F (falling grade)

   Synonyms: gała, lufa, pała

Declension

Declension of luj

	singular	plural
nominative	luj	luje
genitive	luja	lujów
dative	lujowi	lujom
accusative	luja	luje
instrumental	lujem	lujami
locative	luju	lujach
vocative	luju	luje

Derived terms

adjective

• lujowaty

 

Further reading

• luj in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romani

Alternative forms

• lùja (International Standard)

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian lune.

Noun

luj f (plural luja)

1. Monday

See also

• (days of the week) kurko/‎purano kurko,‎ luj/‎nevo kurko,‎ martǐ,‎ tetradǐ,‎ źoj,‎ paraśtuj,‎ sàvato ^{(Category: rom:Days of the week) [edit]}

Further reading

• Marcel Courthiade (2009) “i/e luj, -a- ʒ. -a, -en- = i lùj/a¹#, -a- ʒ. -e, -en-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 228

White Hmong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lu˥˧/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hmong *ljɛŋᴬ (“to measure (rice)”), borrowed from Middle Chinese 量 (MC ljang|ljangH, “quantity; to measure”).

Verb

luj

1. to measure, weigh

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Chinese 騾／骡 (luó, “mule”).

Noun

luj

1. used in luj txwv (“mule”)

Etymology 3

Noun

luj

1. used in compounds to mean heel, elbow

Derived terms

• luj khau (“heel of a shoe”)
• luj taws (“heel of the foot”)
• luj tshib (“elbow”)

 

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 118-9.