tjo

• tjow

From Italian ciao (“hello, goodbye”), from Venetan ciao (“hello, goodbye, your (humble) servant”), from Venetan s-ciao, s-ciavo (“servant, slave”), from Medieval Latin sclavus (“Slav, slave”), related also to Italian schiavo, English Slav, slave and old Venetan S-ciavón (“Slav”) (from Latin Sclavonia (“Slavonia”)).

tjo

1. (slang) hello, bye

• trjo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /tjɔ/

tjo

1. feminine of träi
2. neuter of träi

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “tjo”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

tjo

1. (colloquial) An expression of joy or intensity or the like; woo, woohoo

   Tjo vad det går!

   Woo, this is wild! [Woo how it goes!]

2. (colloquial) A greeting.

• tjosan

• tjo och tjim (“boisterous commotion”)
• tjoflöjt
• tjoho (“woohoo”)
• tjofräs

• tjoa

• Tjotahejti
• hej (has a list of greetings and farewells)

• tjo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tjo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tjo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)