jó

• IPA^(key): [ˈjoː]

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From Proto-Ugric *jomɜ (*jamɜ) (“good”). Cognates include Mansi ёмас (jomas, “good, right, nice”).[1][2]

jó (comparative jobb, superlative legjobb)

1. good (good for something (i.e. can be used for) -ra/-re, good at something -ban/-ben, good for someone (i.e. positively affects) -nak/-nek, good to someone (e.g. helping, caring) -hoz/-hez/-höz). There is also an alternative possessive stem, jav-, used to form other words, such as javában, javasol, javít.

or

• rossz

(Terms derived from the jav- stem variant):

(Terms derived from jobb ’better’):

• jobbágy

(Terms derived from the jó- stem variant):

jó (plural jók or javak)

1. good thing or person

   Még a jóktól is elvették a javaikat.

   Even the good ones were deprived of their possessions.

   (literally, “Even from the good ones too they took away their goods.”)

2. B (an academic grade, better than a C and worse than an A) (Uses only the "jó-" stem, not "jav-".)
3. (plural only) goods, possessions, assets (see at javak)

or

jó

1. alright, okay, fine

From Proto-Uralic *joke[3]. Cognates include Mansi я̄ (jā, “river”), Finnish joki (“river”), Estonian jõgi (“river”), Karelian jogi (“river”), Veps jogi (“river”). Replaced by folyó.

jó (plural jók)

1. (obsolete) river (occurs in compound proper names, such as Sajó, Berettyó, Héjő)

• ^ Géza Bárczi, Magyar szófejtő szótár, Trezor Kiadó, 1991, →ISBN
• ^ Starostin's Uralic Database, Entry #1782

jó

1. water

• V Vydrin, On the Problem of the Proto-Mande Homeland (JOLR, 2009)

• (Đông Kinh) IPA^(key): [ʝɔ˧˦]
• Phonetic: gió

jó

1. Alternative spelling of gió

• De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “jó”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum

jó

1. well, you see, you know, as you know

   Jó, nizhóní! ― Well, that’s nice.

   Jó, ákótʼé. ― that’s the way it is.

jó

1. since

jó

1. hear

• R. Blench, Beboid Comparative

jó

1. water

• V Vydrin, On the Problem of the Proto-Mande Homeland (JOLR, 2009)