tjena

Swedish

Clipping of tjenare, a variant of tjänare.

tjena

(colloquial) hey, yo (a colloquial greeting)
- 1981, Maria-Pia Boëthius, Satans dag:
  Hon gick ut till brevlådan och hämtade tidningen och därute kom Challe förbijoggande och ropade: Tjena!
  She went out to the mailbox and picked up the newspaper and over there Challe jogged by and shouted: Hi there!
Tjena kompis!
Hey man!
(colloquial) yeah, right; indication of doubt
- 2012, Anna Hellsten, “Sång som ger skinande löfte”, in Sydsvenskan‎:
  Vi som älskar D’Angelo har fått lära oss vad tålamod vill säga. Jag minns fortfarande hur hårt jag fnös då det hösten 1999 meddelades att D’Angelo, fem år efter debuten, skulle komma med nytt material. Jo, tjena. Inte förrän jag fick ”Untitled”-tolvan i handen blev det på riktigt.
  We who love D’Angelo have learned what patience means. I still remember how hard I was snorted when it was announced in the fall of 1999 that D’Angelo, five years after his debut, would release new material. Yeah, sure. Not until I got the ”Untitled” 12-inch in my hand did it become real.
Synonym: jo tjena

Not as modern-sounding as yo (and also used by older people), but similar in tone otherwise.

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