níu

See also: niu, Niu, niū, niú, niǔ, and niù

Asturian

Noun

níu m (plural níos)

  1. Alternative form of nieru

Icelandic
Icelandic cardinal numbers
 <  8 9 10  > 
    Cardinal : níu
    Ordinal : níundi

Etymology

From Old Norse níu (“nine”), from Proto-Germanic *newun, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. Cognate with Danish ni, Faroese níggju, Norwegian ni, Swedish nio.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈniːjʏ]
    Rhymes: -iːjʏ
    Homophone: nýju

Numeral

níu

  1. nine; the cardinal number after átta (“eight”) and before tíu (“ten”).

Derived terms

Old Norse
Old Norse numbers (edit)
90[a], [b]
 ←  8 9 10  → 
    Cardinal: níu, nío
    Ordinal: níundi, níondi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ᚾᛁᚢ (niu), from Proto-Germanic *newun (“nine”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ (“nine”). Cognate with Old English niġon, Old Frisian nigun, Old Saxon nigun, Old High German niun, Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽 (niun).

Numeral

níu

  1. (cardinal number) nine

Descendants
  • Icelandic: níu
  • Faroese: níggju
  • Norn: ni
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ni, nio, nie; (dialectal) niu
  • Elfdalian: niu
  • Old Swedish: nīo
  • Danish: ni
    • Norwegian Bokmål: ni
  • Gutnish: nei, neie, näiu, neiå

References
  • níu in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Verb

níu • (扭, 𢯨, 𢷃, 𫼩)

  1. to grab and pull; to pull back

Derived terms
Derived terms
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