niun
See also: niuń
Gothic
Romanization
niun
- Romanization of 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽
Old High German
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Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *neun (see also Old English niġon, Old Norse níu).
Numeral
niun
- nine
Descendants
- Middle High German: niun
- Alemannic German: nüün, nin, nine
- Bavarian:
- Cimbrian: nòine, noüne
- Mòcheno: nai'n
- German: neun
- Luxembourgish: néng
- Yiddish: נײַן (nayn)
Old Portuguese
Alternative forms
- niũu, neũu, neun
- ningũu, ningun, nengũu, nengun
Etymology
From earlier niũu, from neũu, from Latin nec ūnus (“not even one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ni.ˈũ/, /nĩ.ˈũ/
Pronoun
niun m (feminine niũa)
- no, none
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, To codex, cantiga 74 (facsimile):
- Quẽ ſ(ant)a maria q(ui)ſer defẽder non lle pod'o demo níun mal fazer
- The Devil can do no harm to anyone whom Holy Mary defends.
- Quẽ ſ(ant)a maria q(ui)ſer defẽder non lle pod'o demo níun mal fazer
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Descendants
- Portuguese: nenhum
- Galician: ningún, neñún