cujo

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== Lower Sorbian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈt͡sujɔ] === Verb === cujo third-person singular present of cuś == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese cujo, from Latin cuius, a genitive of quī (“which”) which had been used adjectivally since at least the time of Plautus. cp. Ancient Greek ποῖος (poîos), both from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: cu‧jo === Determiner === cujo (feminine cuja, masculine plural cujos, feminine plural cujas) whose (of whom) ==== Usage notes ==== In Brazil, this word is considered formal and is not generally used in casual, colloquial conversation. The relative pronoun que (“that”; here ungrammatical), or an attributive rephrasing, will commonly be used instead. === Further reading === “cujo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cujo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026