tsjinje

Significat (anglès)

1. serve.
2. devote oneself to, pay tribute to.
3. suitable, useful, beneficial (for); (to) fulfill a function; be a means or instrument to achieve something; to make happen.
4. ought (to do), must. (rarely used, literary).
5. be taken into consideration by the court.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈtɛ̃ː.jə/

Etimologia (anglès)

From Old Frisian thiānia, from Proto-Germanic *þewanōną, from *þewanaz (“servant”) + *-ōną. Compare *þewaz (“servant, slave”). Cognate with Dutch dienen and German dienen.

Sents

Yn syn wurk tsjinje de oarloch en it ferset nochal ris as dekôr.

In his work, the war and the resistance often serve as a backdrop.