riu

See also: ríu, rìu, and ri'u

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan riu, from Vulgar Latin rius (“river”), from Latin rīvus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rih₂wós, from *h₃reyh₂- (“to flow; to move, set in motion”) + *-wós.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈriw/

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• Rhymes: -iw

Noun

riu m (plural rius)

1. river

Verb

riu

1. third-person singular present indicative form of riure
2. second-person singular imperative form of riure

References

• “riu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Extremaduran

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin rius (“river”), from Latin rīvus (“brook; small stream”).

Noun

riu m (plural rius)

1. river

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese rio.

Noun

riu

1. river

Japanese

Romanization

riu

1. Rōmaji transcription of りう

Manx

Pronoun

riu

1. second-person form/plural of rish
2. with you (formal)

   As ta mee gra riu. And I say unto you.

Derived terms

• riuish (emphatic)

Mirandese

Etymology

From Old Leonese, from Vulgar Latin rius (“river”), from Latin rīvus (“brook; small stream”).

Noun

riu m (plural rius)

1. river

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan riu,from Vulgar Latin rius (“river”) or Latin rīvus (“brook; small stream”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrriw]

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Noun

riu m (plural rius)

1. river

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin rius (“river”) or Latin rīvus (“brook; small stream”).

Noun

riu m (oblique plural rius, nominative singular rius, nominative plural riu)

1. river (body of flowing water)

Descendants

• Occitan: riu

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “rivus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 10: R, page 422

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese rio and Spanish río.

Noun

riu

1. river

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese riio, riiu.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁiw/ [ˈhiʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁiw/ [ˈhiʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁiw/ [ˈχiʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁiw/

• Rhymes: -iw
• Homophone: rio (Lisbon)
• Hyphenation: riu

Verb

riu

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of rir

San Martín Itunyoso Triqui

Etymology

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Noun

riu

1. hummingbird

References

• Instituto Lingüístico de Verano (1999) El alfabeto del triqui de San Martín, Itunyoso‎^[1] (in Spanish)