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jó

Pronunciation: [ˈjoː]

“jó” is a Hungarian word. Its 8 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. good (good for something (can be used for) -ra/-re, good at something -ban/-ben, good for someone (positively affects) -nak/-nek, good to someone [e.g. helping, caring] -hoz/-hez/-höz)
  2. quite (some), fair (amount of…), considerable, significant, hefty, sizeable

noun

  1. good thing or person
  2. B (an academic grade, better than a C and worse than an A) (Uses only the "jó-" stem, not "jav-".)
  3. goods, possessions, assets (see at javak)
  4. river (occurs in compound proper names, such as Sajó, Berettyó, Héjő)

interjection

  1. alright, okay, fine

adverb

  1. quite, pretty

Etymology

From Proto-Ugric *jomɜ ~ *jamɜ (“good”). Cognates include Northern Mansi ёмас (jomas, “good, right, nice”) and possibly also Erzya ён (jon, “good, right, nice”).

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