jeju

See also: jejú, Jeju, and ею

English

Etymology

From Tupian.

Noun

jeju (plural jejus)

1. A South American (Amazonian) erythrinid fish, Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus (formerly sometimes Erythrinus unitaeniatus).
   • 1946, Curt Nimuendajú, The Eastern Timbira:

     Finally he sent the jeju (Erythrinus unitaeniatus; these fish are covered with a slippery phlegm), which pushed the man out ...

   • 1981, Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts:

     In the jeju, the swim bladder has a respiratory function, while in the aruana it is an hydrostatic organ. Both are physostomes, and the swim bladder is divided into 2 chambers whose walls are made up of 3 enveloping membranes or mantles.

   • 2005, Adalberto Luis Val, Vera Maria Fonseca de Almeida e Val, David J. Randall, Fish Physiology: The Physiology of Tropical Fishes, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 256:

     The jeju (Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus) is a facultative air-breathing fish that utilizes a modified swim bladder as an ...

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjeju]

Pronoun

jeju

1. genitive of wónej
2. animate accusative of wónej

Alternative forms

• njeju (used after a preposition)

Determiner

jeju (uninflected)

1. their (referring to two people)

Rayón Zoque

Verb

jeju

1. (intransitive) rest

References

• Harrison, Roy, B. de Harrison, Margaret, López Juárez, Francisco, Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 9