-oj

• -roj, -soj, -toj, -zoj, -lloj

• IPA^(key): /ˈoj/

-ój (very productive)

1. Forms verbs from nouns, adjectives, adverbs and verbs.

   ‎zhurmë (“noise”) + ‎-oj → ‎zhurmoj (“to make noise”)

   ‎shkurt (“short”) + ‎-oj → ‎shkurtoj (“to cut, make short”)

   ‎ndal (“to stop”) + ‎-oj → ‎ndaloj (“to stop”)

• IPA^(key): /oːx/

-oj

1. Forms nouns from verbs

   q’o’ (“to paint; to embroider”) → q’o’oj (“embroidery; adornment”)

   lochij (“to sprinkle water with hands”) → loch’oj (“patch of ground reserved for garden”)

2. Forms (more specific) verbs from verbs

   toq’ (“to gore, to stab”) → toq’oj (“to stab to death”)

   sik’ (“to pick up or find on the ground”) → sik’oj (“to collect; to pick up”)

3. Forms verbs from nouns

   jos (“hoe, sickle”) → josoj (“to scrape”)

   bis (“sadness”) → bisoj (“to be sad about something”)

4. (uncommon) Forms verbs from adjectives

   tz’il (“dirty”) → tz’iloj (“to make dirty”)

   k’ix (“hairy; spiny”) → k’ixoj (“to prick”)

5. (rarely) Forms verbs from adjectives

   poq’ij (“to pop”) → poq’oj (“boiled”)

6. (rarely) Forms resultative nouns from nouns

   chak (“work”) → chakoj (“profit”)

• Allen J. Christenson, Kʼiche-English dictionary