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tjara

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See also: tjära

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse tjara, from Proto-Germanic *terwą.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tjara f (genitive singular tjöru, no plural)

  1. tar

Declension

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Declension of tjara (sg-only feminine)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative tjara tjaran
accusative tjöru tjöruna
dative tjöru tjörunni
genitive tjöru tjörunnar

References

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Indonesian

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Noun

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tjara

  1. (1901–1947, 1947–1972) Obsolete spelling of cara.

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *terwǭ, *terwą.

Noun

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tjara f (genitive tjǫru)

  1. tar

Declension

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Declension of tjara (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tjara tjaran tjǫrur tjǫrurnar
accusative tjǫru tjǫruna tjǫrur tjǫrurnar
dative tjǫru tjǫrunni tjǫrum tjǫrunum
genitive tjǫru tjǫrunnar tjarna tjarnanna

Descendants

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  • Icelandic: tjara
  • Faroese: tjøra
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tjære, tjøre
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tjære
  • Swedish: tjära
  • Danish: tjære

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tjara”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Peranakan Indonesian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Malay cara (“manner, way”).

Noun

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tjara

  1. manner, way
    Toean L. ada sa'orang koeno jang paham ilmoe soerat Tionghoa dan ia soeda wafat menoeroet tjara Tionghoa sedjati.[1] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

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  1. ^ Kwee Hing Tjiat (1921) Doea Kapala Batoe [Two Hardheaded (Persons)] (in Peranakan Indonesian), Nauer & Dimmick, page 20

Pitjantjatjara

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Adjective

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tjara

  1. some
  2. a few
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