tjøru
Faroese
editNoun
edittjøru
- accusative singular indefinite of tjøra f
- dative singular indefinite of tjøra f
- genitive singular indefinite of tjøra f
Norwegian Nynorsk
editNoun
edittjøru f (plural tjøro)
- (dialectal or nonstandard since 1917) alternative form of tjøre (“tar”)
- 1930, Kjetil A. Flatin, Tussar og trolldom, Oslo: Norsk folkeminnelag, page 80:
- I mange mannsaldrar etter var det synleg der tjøro hadde runni.
- For many ages, it was visible where the tar had run.
- 1979, Hans Hyldbakk, Gamalt frå Surnadal, Surnadal kommune, page 194:
- Tølløv vart vars ei stor bøtte med tjøru, som stod bortmed skålaråa. Han tok bøtta og kvelvde ho nedover hauvet på karen, berre så tjørua rann nedover kroppen.
- Tølløv noticed big bucket of tar by the [creek]. He took the bucket and turned it over the man's head, so that the tar ran down his body.
Usage notes
edit- Definite singular tjøro, belongs to a paradigm of the scarcely used spelling norm Midlandsnormalen (1901-1917).