tjug

Norn

Etymology

From Old Norse þjó, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą.

Noun

tjug

1. thigh

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• tjau

Noun

tjug n (definite singular tjuget, indefinite plural tjug, definite plural tjuga or tjugene)

1. a score (number), 20.

   Synonym: snes

References

• “tjug” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “tjug” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• tjau
• kjau, kju, kjug, tjaug

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /çʉː(ɡ)/

Noun

tjug n (definite singular tjuget, indefinite plural tjug, definite plural tjuga)

1. a score (number), 20.

   Synonym: sneis

Inflection

Historical inflection of tjug indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural Aasen1, 2 eit Tjug Tjuget Tjug Tjugi 1901 tjuget (tjuge) 1917 tjuget tjuga, tjugi 19383 tjuga [tjugi] 2012 (current) eit tjug tjuget tjug tjuga Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. 2Aasen also lists the following forms: Kjau, Kju, and Kjug. These spellings are not listed with the 1903 official glossary. 3tjau was introduced as an official side form.

References

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