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
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See also
- nikjå
- akjån
References
- Ivar Aasen (1850), “nittan”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog, Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000