riu

See also: ríu, rìu, and ri'u

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Riung.

Symbol

riu

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Riung.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Riung terms

Aragonese

Alternative forms

• arriu
• río

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin rius, from Latin rīvus (“brook, small stream”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrju/
• Syllabification: riu
• Rhymes: -u

Noun

riu m (plural rius)

1. river

References

• Aragonario

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈriw]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iw

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

riu m (plural rius)

1. river

Etymology 2

Verb

riu

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

References

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “riu”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Extremaduran

Etymology

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

Noun

riu m (plural rius)

1. river

Galician

Verb

riu

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of rir

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese rio.

Noun

riu

1. river

Japanese

Romanization

riu

1. Rōmaji transcription of りう

Manx

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rʲiu/, /rʲuː/

Pronoun

riu (emphatic riuish)

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

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

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]

• Audio (Languedoc):

  (file)

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 (Brazil, Central and Southern Portugal)
• Hyphenation: riu

Verb

riu

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of rir

San Martín Itunyoso Triqui

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

riu

1. hummingbird

References

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

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ziw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐiw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɹiw˧˧]

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc) riu

1. kind of shrimp trap

Verb

riu

1. to fish (for shrimps)

   riu tép ― to catch small shrimps

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

riu • (燎) (diminutive reduplication riu riu)

1. (rare or obsolete) little by little

Derived terms

• liu riu
• tép riu

Zhuang

Etymology

Cognate with Thai หัว (hǔua). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ɣiu˨˦/
• Tone numbers: riu¹
• Hyphenation: riu

Verb

riu

1. to smile; to laugh
   • 2014 June 25, 黄俊, “Lauxsae Wij Lo [Chinese: 老师打嗝]”, in Gvangjsih Minzcuz Bau [Chinese: 广西民族报]‎^[2], archived from the original on 5 March 2026:

     Cinz lauxsae cam: “Ngoenzneix banhaet Vangz lauxsae hwnj dangz yijvenz, sou riu gijmaz?”
     “Hi hi hi hi hi!”
     “Sou lij riu! Ngoenzneix dwg bouxlawz daiqdaeuz daujluenh? Swhgeij gag ndwn hwnjdaeuj ba!”

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• riuhaha / riuhehe / riuhihi (adverb)
• riunyumnyum (adverb)