juvy

English

Etymology

From juvenile +‎ -y with elision; morphologically analogous to bougie = bourgeoisie + -ie/-y.

Noun

juvy (countable and uncountable, plural juvies)

  1. Alternative spelling of juvie.

Mbya Guarani

Verb

juvy

  1. (auxiliary) to come (while doing something else)
    Ojapukai ouvy.
    He came laughing.

Paraguayan Guarani

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /juˈʋɨ/
  • Rhymes:

Verb

juvy (transitive, regular)

  1. to hang
  2. to strangle
  3. to suffocate
  4. to choke

Conjugation

References

  • Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “juvy”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 44, column 1