tíu

See also: tiu, Tiu, and ti'u

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin thius, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos). Compare Spanish tío.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiu/ [ˈt̪i.u]
• Rhymes: -iu
• Syllabification: tí‧u

Noun

tíu m sg (feminine singular tía, masculine plural tíos, feminine plural tíes)

1. uncle

Further reading

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

Icelandic

Icelandic numbers ^(edit)

		100[a], [b]
←  1	←  9	10	11  →	20  →
		1
Cardinal: tíu     Ordinal: tíundi     Ordinal abbreviation: 10.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse tíu, from Proto-Germanic *tehun (“ten”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (“ten”). Cognate with Faroese tíggju, Swedish tio, Danish ti and English ten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːʏ/

Numeral

tíu (indeclinable)

1. ten

Derived terms

• boðorðin tíu n pl

See also

• tía (noun)

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers ^(edit)

		100
←  1	[a], [b] ←  9	10	11  →	20  → [a], [b], [c], [d], [e], [f]
		1
Cardinal: tíu     Ordinal: tíundi

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tehun (“ten”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (“ten”).

Numeral

tíu

1. (cardinal number) ten

Related terms

• tigr m

Descendants

• Icelandic: tíu
• Faroese: tíggju
• Norn: ti
• Norwegian: ti
• Old Swedish: tīo, tīu
  • Swedish: tio
• Old Danish: ti
  • Danish: ti
• Gutnish: tei, teiå, teiu

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “tíu”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 438; also available at the Internet Archive