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tjo

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Italian ciao (“hello, goodbye”), from Venetian ciao (“hello, goodbye, your (humble) servant”), from Venetian s-ciao, s-ciavo (“servant, slave”), from Medieval Latin sclavus (“Slav, slave”), related also to Italian schiavo, English Slav, slave and old Venetian S-ciavón (“Slav”) (from Latin Sclavonia (“Slavonia”)).

Interjection

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tjo

  1. (slang) hello, bye

Saterland Frisian

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Etymology

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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tjo

  1. feminine of träi
  2. neuter of träi

References

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  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “tjo”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Swedish

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Interjection

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tjo

  1. (colloquial) An expression of joy or intensity or the like; woo, woohoo
    Tjo vad det går!
    Woo, this is wild! [Woo how it goes!]
  2. (colloquial) A greeting.

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