J
- Jouan
- John mode of address by a Moor to a Christian. [Sch 81]
Cf. Maria.
The
term yanito still used in Gibraltar for the particular type of Spanish
spoken there, is probably derived from the fact that it was called
"John-language" by the Moors. For the diminutive suffix cf. the
expression
petit mauresque used by the Dictionnaire, smallness being
used in a derogatory way.
- juldag
- see oldàch
[RR]
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