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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
It may be an apocopated form of itte, similar to intj being an apocopated form of inte, from Old Norse *einkti, a variant of *eittki (whence also ikkje and inkje). Compare itt and int in Northern Sweden and Finland Swedish.
It could also be an apocopated form of ikkje, from Old Norse ekki. Due to kkj being pronounced like voiceless palatal plosive, it is commonly written like tj or ttj. Compare myttjy from mykit (see mikill). But this pronunciation of kkj is not universal in the area.
Pronunciation
Adverb
itj
- (dialectal, Trøndersk) not
1898, J. P. Sand, Segner og historier frå Selbu, page 119:Mi livi vist itj op nyårsdaginn alle mi nei!- We will not experience new year's day, all of us!
1973, Sigfred Simonsen, Farsan, mor mi' og de'ainneran, page 31:Dæm rodd ætter ørretten for det mæst. Rimeligvis vil æ sei, ætter som det itj e ainna å få i ælva einn ørrett.- They rowed after trout mostly. Naturally I'd say, since there is not anything to catch in the river but trout.
2005, Anne Karin Elstad, Innhaugfolket, page 23:Ka e det som står på, Ole? Du e vel itj klen?- What is going on, Ole? You are surely not sick?
See also
References
- ^ A. Dalen, J. R. Hagland, S. Hårstad, H. Rydving, O. Stemshaug (2008) Trøndersk språkhistorie: Språkforhold i ein region