t. je

See also: -tje

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Abbreviated from (that) je (is).

Abbreviation

t. je (Cyrillic spelling т. је)

  1. Obsolete form of tj..
    • 1814, Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Pismenica serbskoga iezika, po govoru prostoga narod'a:
      …ja sam se u ovome deržao govora prosto-narodnjeg, t. je: govora oni Serbalja, koji žive po selima daleko od gradova…
      …in this I held to the speech of the common people, i.e.: the speech of those Serbs who live in the villages far from the cities…
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