níu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "niu"

Asturian

Noun

níu m (plural níos)

1. alternative form of nieru

Further reading

• “níu”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “níu”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Icelandic

Icelandic numbers ^(edit)

	90
←  8	9	10  →
Cardinal: níu     Ordinal: níundi     Ordinal abbreviation: 9.

Etymology

Inherited 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 (indeclinable)

1. nine

Derived terms

• nía (noun)

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers ^(edit)

	90[a], [b]
←  8	9	10  →
Cardinal: níu, nío     Ordinal: níundi, níondi

Alternative forms

• nío

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
  • Swedish: nio
• Old Danish: ni
  • Danish: ni
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ni
• Gutnish: nei, neie, näiu, neiå

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “níu”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 314; also available at the Internet Archive

Vietnamese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [niw˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [niw˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [niw˦˥]

Verb

níu • (𫼩)

1. to grab and pull; to pull back

Derived terms

• níu áo
• níu giữ
• níu kéo
• trì níu