different between juju vs cuju

English

Alternative forms

• ju-ju

Pronunciation

• enPR: jo?o?jo?o, IPA^(key): /?d?u?d?u/

Etymology 1

From a West African language, probably originally from French joujou.

Noun

juju (countable and uncountable, plural jujus)

1. A fetish or charm believed by West Africans to have magical or supernatural powers.
2. The magical or supernatural power of such a charm.
3. (informal) The (usually negative) karmic consequences of an action or behavior.

   That's some bad juju.

Derived terms

• jujuism

Etymology 2

Reduplication of -ju- in marijuana.

Noun

juju (plural jujus)

1. (slang) A marijuana cigarette; a joint.
   • 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin 2010, p. 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.’

Etymology 3

Noun

juju (uncountable)

1. Synonym of jùjú (“music genre”)

Finnish

Etymology

Uncertain; perhaps originally a slang initialism of jutun juoni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?juju/, [?juju]
• Rhymes: -uju
• Syllabification: ju?ju

Noun

juju

1. (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?

2. (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.

Declension

Panyjima

Noun

juju

1. Old man.

Synonyms

• jujunmarra (avoidance)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u.??u/
• Hyphenation: ju?ju

Noun

juju m (plural jujus)

1. (slang) juliet

Spanish

Noun

juju f (plural jujus)

1. (Spain, slang) pussy, cunt, snatch (vagina)

English

Etymology

From Mandarin ?? (cùj?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tsu?d?u?/

Noun

cuju (uncountable)

1. An ancient Chinese ball game involving kicking a ball through an opening into a net.

Translations

See also

• kemari

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?suju]

Verb

cuju

1. first-person singular present of cu?
2. third-person plural present of cu?

Synonyms

• (first-person singular): cujom