tsjinje

== West Frisian == === Etymology === From Old Frisian thiānia, from Proto-Germanic *þewanōną, from *þewanaz (“servant”) + *-ōną. Compare *þewaz (“servant, slave”). Cognate with Dutch dienen and German dienen. === Pronunciation === (Hindeloopen) IPA(key): /ˈtɛ̃ː.jə/ (Schiermonnikoog) IPA(key): /ˈtjɪ̃.jə/ (Terschelling) IPA(key): /ˈt͡sjɪ̃.jə/ === Verb === tsjinje serve. devote oneself to, pay tribute to. suitable, useful, beneficial (for); (to) fulfill a function; be a means or instrument to achieve something; to make happen. ought (to do), must. (rarely used, literary). be taken into consideration by the court. ==== Inflection ==== ==== Further reading ==== “tsjinje”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011