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Swedish
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Etymology 1
Old Swedish tiugha, tiuva; from Proto-Germanic *teuhaną (verb).
Noun
tjuga c
- pitchfork (a large fork used e.g. to move large quantities of hay)
- Synonym: hötjuga
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Etymology 2
From tjugo (“twenty”), analogous to tia, femma etc.
Noun
tjuga c
- a number 20 (twenty)
- a person or an object by context associated with the number twenty, for instance in sports and other forms of competing
- a coin or banknote worth twenty of a currency
- most commonly referring to the Swedish twenty kronor (SEK) banknote
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