itj

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier intj/int, similarly to Eastern Norwegian itte. Compare itt and int in Northern Sweden and Finland Swedish.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /icː/

Adverb

itj

  1. (dialectal, Trøndelag) not
    • 1898, J. P. Sand, Segner og historier frå Selbu, page 119:
      Mi livi vist itj op nyårsdaginn alle mi nei!
      We will not experience new year's day, all of us!
    • 1973, Sigfred Simonsen, Farsan, mor mi' og de'ainneran, page 31:
      Dæm rodd ætter ørretten for det mæst. Rimeligvis vil æ sei, ætter som det itj e ainna å få i ælva einn ørrett.
      They rowed after trout mostly. Naturally I'd say, since there is not anything to catch in the river but trout.
    • 2005, Anne Karin Elstad, Innhaugfolket, page 23:
      Ka e det som står på, Ole? Du e vel itj klen?
      What is going on, Ole? You are surely not sick?

See also

References

  1. ^ A. Dalen; J. R. Hagland; S. Hårstad; H. Rydving; O. Stemshaug (2008), Trøndersk språkhistorie: Språkforhold i ein region
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