ittno

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • itjnå

Etymology

From earlier *int no(kko), compare Swedish inte något. First attested in 1770 by Børre Henrich Rachløw spelled as intnaa, later spelled as int naakaa in Hans Barlien’s translation of the Ten Commandments from 1800.

Pronoun

ittno

  1. (dialectal, Trøndelag) alternative form of ikkje noko (“nothing, no”)
    Når e åpna huse, då va dæ ittno følk dær firri du kom no
    When I opened the house, then it was no people there before you came now
    Dæ vart ittno tå dæ nei
    No, it didn’t work out
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