tytingtjuv

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

tyting +‎ tjuv. Literally, “lingonberry thief”, meaning foreign people coming to a forest to pick the lingonberries, so that the locals have no berries left for themselves.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʏːtɪŋçʉːʋ/

Noun

tytingtjuv m (definite singular tytingtjuven, indefinite plural tytingtjuvar, definite plural tytingtjuvane)

  1. (Nord-Gudbrandsdalen, humorous) A tourist
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