niau

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• neao, neauo, neauã, aneauã

Etymology

From Latin nix, nivem. Compare Romanian nea.

Noun

niau f (plural neuri, definite articulation niaua)

1. snow

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of niau – see 貓 (“cat; to hide oneself; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 貓).

Japanese

Romanization

niau

1. Rōmaji transcription of にあう

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish nem, from Proto-Celtic *nemos (“heaven, sky”), from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nʲau/

Noun

niau m (genitive singular niau, plural niaughyn)

1. heaven