tjuta

See also: tjuṯa

Pitjantjatjara

Noun

tjuta

1. bloodwood (Eucalyptus opaca)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish þiuta, from Old Norse þjóta, from Proto-Germanic *þeutaną. Cognate with Icelandic þjóta, Norwegian Bokmål tyte, Old English þēotan, Old High German diozan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɕʉːta/
• Rhymes: -²ʉːta

Verb

tjuta (present tjuter, preterite tjöt, supine tjutit, imperative tjut)

1. to make a piercing, high-pitched sound; to howl, to screech, to wail, to cry, etc.

   stormen tjöt

   the storm howled/shrieked/wailed

   tvärbromsa så att däcken tjuter

   hit the brakes so that the tires screech

   Jag tjöt till filmen

   I cried my eyes out (wailed, making a similar sound) at the movie

   tjuta av skratt

   howl with laughter

Usage notes

For a howling wolf, yla is more idiomatic.

Conjugation

Conjugation of tjuta (class 2 strong)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	tjuta		—
Supine	tjutit		—
Imperative	tjut		—
Imper. plural1	tjuten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	tjuter	tjöt	—	—
Ind. plural1	tjuta	tjöto	—	—
Subjunctive2	tjute	tjöte	—	—
	Participles
Present participle	tjutande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• stortjuta (“cry one's eyes out, cry like a baby”)

Related terms

• tjut

See also

• böla
• vina
• yla

References

• tjuta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tjuta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• tjuta in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)