níu

níu

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

Asturian

Noun

níu m (plural níos)

1. Alternative form of nieru

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Icelandic

Icelandic cardinal numbers

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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

• klukkan níu
• nía (noun)

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Old Norse

Etymology

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. nine

Descendants

• Danish: ni
• Elfdalian: niu
• Faroese: níggju

• Icelandic: níu
• Norwegian: ni (Bokmål), ni (Nynorsk) (dialectal nio, nie)
• Swedish: nio, nie

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [niw˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [niw˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [niw˦˥]

Verb

níu (扭, 𢯨, 𢷃, 𫼩)

1. to grab and pull; to pull back

Derived terms

Derived terms

• níu áo
• níu kéo
• trì níu