tsjinje

Signification

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.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈtɛ̃ː.jə/

Étymologie

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

Phrases

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

Dans son travail, la guerre et la résistance de la résistance ou du décor.