Dictionary:joga

Nynorn

Etymology

From Old Norse auga (ONP)

Shetland use

An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland (1928–1932)

Jakobsen, Jakob

*joga [jōga] and *jog² [jōg], sb., the eye (organ of vision). As a pl. form is reported jogers [jōgərs], the eyes, still partly used as a jocular term. Fo. For jog in sense of a hole, opening, see *joggird, sb. A form with prefixed h, hjog [hjōg], is found in the sense of two lengths of straw pleated together (in pleating a straw-basket); see further under hjog², sb. — As a place-name *joga is preserved in the sense of a pool of water, thus in Fo.: “de pøl [pøl =‘pool’] or pøls o’ de Jogins [jōgɩns]”, pl. — O.N. auga, n., the eye, also a hole; depression; small swamp, etc.; No. auga, n., a) the eye; b) a pool; bog (in place-names). See a) the compds. *rossajoga, sb., *joggird, sb., *joglitt, adj., and b) “ee” (L.Sc.), which is now the common designation in Shetlandic for the eye.

Pronunciation

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Alternate Forms

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Noun

joga

1. eye

Inflection

nn.w.	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	joga	jogað	joger	jogen
Accusative	joga	jogað	joger	jogen
Dative	joga	joganu	jogon	jogonon
Genitive	joga	jogans	jogna	jogana

Synonyms

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