yox

English

Verb

yox (third-person singular simple present yoxes, present participle yoxing, simple past and past participle yoxed)

1. (archaic) Alternative form of yex (“hiccup”)
   • 1933, Medical Life, volume 40, page 544:

     Yoxing (or hiccoughing) is the sound in the nose of violent moving of the stomach and comes of a crampy disposition of the stomach with two principal causes

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yōk (“there is not”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰖𐰸 (yok), Turkish yok etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [joχ]

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Predicative

yox

1. antonym of var (“there is, there are, there exists, there exist”): there is no, there are no, there does not exist, there do not exist
2. antonym of var (“to have”): to not have

   Ayağı yoxdur, qaçır; qanadı yoxdur, uçur.

   It has no legs/feet, [but] it runs; it has no wings, [but] it flies (a traditional riddle).

   Deyəcək bir sözün yoxundursa, get.

   If you don't have anything to say, then leave.

Synonyms

• yox olmaq

Particle

yox

1. (colloquial) no

   Antonym: hə

   Cavab ver işimizi bilək, hə yoxsa yox?

   Give an answer so we know, yes or no?

See also

• xeyr

Tzotzil

Adjective

yox

1. green

Derived terms

• yaxub

References

• “yoš(1)” in Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.