tsjinje

Meaning

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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɛ̃ː.jə/

Etymology

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

Sentences

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.