tjug

Norn

Etymology

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

Noun

tjug

  1. thigh

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

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

  1. a score (number), 20.
    Synonym: snes

References

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 (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000
  • “tjug” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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