riu
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
riu m (plural rius)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
riu
- inflection of riure:
References edit
- “riu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Extremaduran edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin rius (“river”), from Latin rīvus (“brook; small stream”).
Noun edit
riu m (plural rius)
Galician edit
Verb edit
riu
Guinea-Bissau Creole edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese rio.
Noun edit
riu
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
riu
Manx edit
Pronoun edit
riu
Derived terms edit
- riuish (emphatic)
Mirandese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Leonese, from Vulgar Latin rius (“river”), from Latin rīvus (“brook; small stream”).
Noun edit
riu m (plural rius)
Occitan edit
Etymology edit
From Old Occitan riu,from Vulgar Latin rius (“river”) or Latin rīvus (“brook; small stream”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
riu m (plural rius)
Old Occitan edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin rius (“river”) or Latin rīvus (“brook; small stream”).
Noun edit
riu m (oblique plural rius, nominative singular rius, nominative plural riu)
- river (body of flowing water)
Descendants edit
- Occitan: riu
References edit
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “rivus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 10: R, page 422
Papiamentu edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese rio and Spanish río.
Noun edit
riu
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese riio, riiu.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
riu
San Martín Itunyoso Triqui edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
riu
References edit
- Instituto Lingüístico de Verano (1999) El alfabeto del triqui de San Martín, Itunyoso[1] (in Spanish)