nikjån

See also: nikjan

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse nítján, from Proto-Germanic *newuntehun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²niː.çoːn/

Numeral

nikjån

1. (dialectal) nineteen
   • 1990, Bygdebok for Modalen herad, Sogenemnda, page 99:

     nikjån silla me hòve å spor

     nineteen herrings with heads and tails

See also

• nikjå
• akjån

References

• Ivar Aasen (1850) “nittan”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎^[1] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000