juju
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒuːd͡ʒu/, enPR: jo͞oʹjo͞o
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Noun
juju (countable and uncountable, plural jujus)
- (countable) A fetish or charm believed by West Africans to have magical or supernatural powers.
- (uncountable) The magical or supernatural power of such a charm.
- 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 168:
- They are believed to be "Ju-Ju" or were-leopards, and in this guise to roam through the forest in bands, bent on evil and destruction.
- 2010, Jennifer Egan, “Selling the General”, in A Visit from the Goon Squad:
- The party had nominal hosts, all famous, but the real hostess, as everyone knew, was La Doll, who had more connections and access and juju than all of those people combined.
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- (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, published 2010, page 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.’
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Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjuju/, [ˈjuju]
- Rhymes: -uju
- Syllabification(key): ju‧ju
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 | ||
| instructive | — | jujuin | ||
| abessive | jujutta | jujuitta | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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References
- Forsberg, Ulla-Maija (2021) Stadin slangin etymologinen sanakirja [Etymological Dictionary of Helsinki Slang] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes other etymological sources], Helsinki: Gaudeamus, →ISBN
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Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxuxu/ [ˈxu.xu]
- Rhymes: -uxu
- Syllabification: ju‧ju
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