tjau

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

tjau n (definite singular tjauet, indefinite plural tjau, definite plural tjaua or tjauene)

1. alternative form of tjug

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• tjug
• tjaug, kjau, kju, kjug

Etymology

Compare with Old Norse tigr, tugr (“amount of ten”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /çæʉ̯/

Noun

tjau n (definite singular tjauet, indefinite plural tjau, definite plural tjaua)

1. a score (number), 20.

   Synonym: sneis

Inflection

Historical inflection of tjau

		singular		plural
		indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
1938		eit tjau	tjauet	tjau	tjaua [tjaui]
2012 (current)		eit tjau	tjauet	tjau	tjaua

• Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard.
• Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier.

References

• Ivar Aasen (1850) “tjug”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎^[1] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

Anagrams

• tuja

Pitjantjatjara

Noun

tjau

1. edible tree sap

References

• Paul A. Eckert (2007) Pitjantjatjara / Yankunytjatjara Picture Dictionary‎^[2], IAD Press, →ISBN