t. je

See also: -tje

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Abbreviated from tȏ (“that”) je (“is”).

Adverb

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…