tjo

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

tjo

  1. (slang) hello, bye

Saterland Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tjɔ/

Numeral

tjo

  1. feminine of träi
  2. neuter of träi

References

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

Swedish

Interjection

tjo

  1. (colloquial) An expression of joy or intensity or the like; woo, woohoo
  2. (colloquial) A greeting.

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References

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