tji

tji

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Northern Tujia.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Northern Tujia terms

• tiinj (Mooring)
• tii (Sylt)

From Proto-Germanic *teuhaną.

• (Föhr-Amrum) IPA^(key): [tçɪ ~ t͡ʃɪ]

tji

1. (Föhr-Amrum) to pull, draw

Borrowed from Hokkien 叔 (chek, chiak, cheh, “uncle”). Compare to Indonesian ci (“a term of address”).

tji

1. term of address conferred on a respectable or unknown adult

   djangan poekoel lagi sama tji Bong-loan.^[1] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

From Tavringer Romani tji (“not, nothing, no”), related to Traveller Norwegian kji (“not, nothing, no”), from Romani či (“not, nothing”). Probably a borrowing from Armenian չի (čʻi, “not, no”).

• IPA^(key): /ɕiː/
• Rhymes: -ɕiː

tji (indeclinable)

1. (colloquial, in some expressions) a setback, a failure

   Han försökte lura mig, men tji fick han!

   He tried to trick me, but failed in his pursuit!

2. (colloquial, uncommon) an impossibility

   Han försökte ringa, men det var tji

   He tried to call, but it was impossible

• tji in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tji in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tji in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Gerd Carling (2005) “tji”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 104