tj
Catalan
Letter
tj (upper case Tj)
- (used to represent the sound /d͡ʒ/ before a, o or u)
Central Mazahua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰ/
Letter
tj (upper case Tj)
- A letter of the Mazahua alphabet.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ⱥ ⱥ, A̱ a̱, B b, C c, Cꞌ cꞌ, Cj cj, Cu cu, Cꞌu cꞌu, Cju cju, Ch ch, Chꞌ chꞌ, Chj chj, D d, Dy dy, E e, Ɇ ɇ, E̱ e̱, G g, Gu gu, Hu hu, ꞌHu ꞌhu, I i, I̱ i̱, J j, Jꞌ jꞌ, Jm jm, Jn jn, Jñ jñ, Ju ju, Jy jy, L l, M m, Mꞌ mꞌ, N n, Nꞌ nꞌ, Ñ ñ, Ñꞌ ñꞌ, O o, Ø ø, O̱ o̱, P p, Pj pj, R r, S s, T t, Tꞌ tꞌ, Tj tj, Ts ts, Tsꞌ tsꞌ, Tsj tsj, U u, Ꞹ ꞹ, U̱ u̱, X x, Z z, Zh zh, ꞌ
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /ti/
- Conventional anglicization: ti
Etymology 1
Determiner
| |
f sg proximal demonstrative determiner
Usage notes
This demonstrative follows the noun it describes. By Middle Egyptian, it had become tw.
Inflection
| determiners | pronouns1 | adverbs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | unmarked | |||||
| masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | |||
| proximal to speaker | pn |
tn |
*jpnj |
jptnj, jptntj |
jpn |
jptn |
nn |
— |
| distal | pf |
tf |
*jpfj |
*jptfj, *jptftj |
jpf |
jptf |
nf |
— |
| proximal to spoken of | pj, pw, p |
tj, tw |
jpwj |
jptwj, jptwtj |
jpw |
jptw, jptwt |
nw |
— |
| vocative | pꜣ |
tꜣ |
— |
— |
— |
— |
nꜣ |
ꜥꜣ |
1 Unmarked for number and gender, but treated syntactically as masculine plurals when used with participles and relative forms, and as feminine singulars when referred to by resumptive pronouns.
| determiners and pronouns | adverbs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural1 | |||
| masculine | feminine | |||
| proximal | pn |
tn |
nn |
ꜥn |
| distal | pf, pfꜣ |
tf, tfꜣ |
nf, nfꜣ |
ꜥf |
| ‘copula’ and vocative | pw, pwy |
tw, twy |
nw |
— |
| anaphoric | pꜣ |
tꜣ |
nꜣ |
ꜥꜣ |
1 Joined by n(j) to nouns they modify.
| masculine | feminine | plural | adverb | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pronoun | pꜣw |
dj | |||
| determiners and pronouns | pꜣj |
tꜣj |
nꜣj | ||
| possessive determiners1 | pꜣy |
tꜣy |
nꜣy | ||
| relational pronouns (‘possessive prefixes’) | p-n, pꜣ |
t-nt, tꜣ |
nꜣyw, nꜣ | ||
| definite articles | pꜣ |
tꜣ |
nꜣ2 | ||
| indefinite articles | wꜥ2 |
nhꜣy2 | |||
1 Used with suffix pronouns.
2 Originally joined by n(j) to nouns they modify; later without it.
Alternative forms
| ||||
| jtjw | ||||
| [Pyramid Texts] | ||||
| rare |
Etymology 2
Loprieno considers tj a development of (j)sṯ, stj (“while”), from Old Egyptian sk. Allen instead sees it as related to tjw (“yes”).
Particle
| |
proclitic
- converts a sentence with adverbial or verbal predicate into a dependent adverbial (circumstantial) clause; yea, while, when, although
- Synonym: jsṯ
Usage notes
When the dependent clause introduced by tj has a personal pronoun as its subject, it takes the dependent form.
Alternative forms
| ||
| tj |
Etymology 3
Pronoun
| |
c sg 2. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun
- Late Egyptian variant of ṯw (“you”)
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 145.
- Edel, Elmar (1955-1964) Altägyptische Grammatik, volume 1, Rome: Pontificium Institutum Biblicum, § 182 et seq., page 83 et seq.
- Junge, Friedrich (2005) Late Egyptian Grammar: An Introduction, second English edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, page 77
- Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
Finnish
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- As toimitusjohtaja.
- IPA(key): /ˈteːˌjiː/, [ˈt̪e̞ːˌjiː] (rare)
- Rhymes: -iː
Noun
tj
- abbreviation of toimitusjohtaja (“CEO, MD”)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈteːˌjiː/, [ˈt̪e̞ːˌjiː]
- Rhymes: -iː
Phrase
tj
- (military slang) initialism of tänään jäljellä (“days (specifically mornings, i.e. TJ 0 on the final day) left of military service (today)”, literally “left/remaining today”)
- Tj on 347, kunnes toisin todistetaan.
- One has 347 days left until proven otherwise.
Juǀ'hoan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʃʼ/
Letter
tj (upper case Tj)