tjomme
Appearance
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English chum. First attested in 1895[1].
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tjomme c
- (colloquial) a guy, a bloke (often with strange or negative qualities)
- 1895 February 22, R., “Sjömanslif [Seaman's life]”, in Nerikes Allehanda, page 3:
- Att den ene hjälper den andre leta rätt på saker i bref är något ytterst vanligt på sjön, åtminstone »tjommar» (vänner) emellan.
- It is a most common occurrence at sea for one man to assist another in finding items within letters, especially between close "chums" (friends).
- 1899 November 24, Tolle, “Jäntas tröst [The lass's comfort]”, in Nationalkuriren, page 4:
- Dä va e gang e jänt'
Sum allri hatt nå'n tjomme
Å hur ho geck å vänt'
Så vell' der engen komme.- There was a lass so fair
Who never had a chum
And though she waited there
A fellow ne'er did come.
- There was a lass so fair
- 2018 December 2, Johan Fyrk, “Axel om samarbetsmissen: "Är faktiskt på riktigt" [Axel on the collaboration mistake: "It's actually real"]”, in Byggnadsarbetaren:
- Jag tänkte att det blev så här eftersom det sitter en tjomme som ritar vvs och en tjomme som gör elen.
- I thought it turned out this way because there's one guy who does the plumbing and another guy who handles the electrical work.
Declension
[edit]nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | tjomme | tjommes |
definite | tjommen | tjommens | |
plural | indefinite | tjommar | tjommars |
definite | tjommarna | tjommarnas |