nikjån

See also: nikjan

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse nítján, from Proto-Germanic *newuntehun.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²niː.çoːn/

Numeral

nikjån

(dialectal) nineteen
- 1990, Bygdebok for Modalen herad, Sogenemnda, page 99:
  nikjån silla me hòve å spor
  nineteen herrings with heads and tails

See also

References

Ivar Aasen (1850), “nittan”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog, Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000

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