also: じょーぐ · じょうぐう
noun, used as a suffix
liker of; fan; enthusiast; -phile
Ryukyuan dialect suffix meaning 'a person who likes something' or 'a fan of something'. Attaches to nouns to form words like 酒ジョーグー (sake lover).
See also: 上戸 (じょうご)
彼は酒ジョーグーだから、毎晩飲んでいる。
He's a sake lover, so he drinks every night.
うちの祖父は釣りジョーグーで、週末はいつも海に行く。
My grandfather is a fishing enthusiast and goes to the sea every weekend.
Standard Japanese word meaning 'heavy drinker' or 'person who can hold their liquor'. The Ryukyuan ジョーグー is a broader suffix for any kind of enthusiast, not limited to alcohol.
Ryukyuan dialect suffix, likely cognate with standard Japanese 上戸 (じょうご, 'heavy drinker'). The exact derivation is uncertain.