See also: Niu, NIU, niū, niú, niǔ, niù, and níu

Translingual edit

Symbol edit

niu

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Niuean.

English edit

Noun edit

niu (plural nius)

  1. (New Zealand, historical) A tall pole with yardarms from which hung ropes, circled by worshippers in the Pai Mārire religious movement.

Anuta edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun edit

niu

  1. coconut

Arosi edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun edit

niu

  1. coconut

Bariai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun edit

niu

  1. coconut

References edit

Bughotu edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun edit

niu

  1. coconut

Bwanabwana edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun edit

niu

  1. coconut

Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Catalan niu, from Latin nīdus, from Proto-Italic *nizdos (nest), from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (nest).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

niu m (plural nius)

  1. nest

Derived terms edit

References edit

East Futuna edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun edit

niu

  1. coconut

Elfdalian edit

Elfdalian cardinal numbers
 <  8 9 10  > 
    Cardinal : niu
    Ordinal : niund

Etymology edit

From Old Norse níu, from Proto-Germanic *newun. Cognate with Swedish nio.

Numeral edit

niu

  1. nine

Fijian edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Proto-Central-Pacific *niu, from Proto-Oceanic *niuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun edit

niu

  1. coconut (fruit of coco palm)

Gedaged edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun edit

niu

  1. coconut

Gela edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun edit

niu

  1. coconut

Gothic edit

Romanization edit

niu

  1. Romanization of 𐌽𐌹𐌿

Greenlandic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Inuit *niu (leg, root), from Proto-Eskimo *ńiʁu (leg). Compare niulu (foot (of object), root (of plant)). Cognates include Inupiaq niu and Inuktitut ᓂᐅ (nio).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

niu (plural nissut)

  1. leg

Declension edit

Hawaiian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ (compare with Tagalog niyog, Malay nyiur).

Noun edit

niu

  1. coconut (fruit of coco palm)

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “niu”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 267-8

Inuktitut edit

Noun edit

niu

  1. Latin spelling of ᓂᐅ (nio)

Inupiaq edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Inuit *niu, from Proto-Eskimo *niʀu.

Noun edit

niu

  1. leg

Kairiru edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun edit

niu

  1. coconut

Kapingamarangi edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun edit

niu

  1. coconut

Kwaio edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun edit

niu

  1. coconut

Lusi edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun edit

niu

  1. coconut

Manam edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun edit

niu

  1. coconut

Mandarin edit

Romanization edit

niu

  1. Nonstandard spelling of niū.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of niú.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of niǔ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of niù.

Usage notes edit

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Maori edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ (compare with Tagalog niyog, Malay nyiur).

Noun edit

niu

  1. coconut

Motu edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun edit

niu

  1. coconut

Niuean edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun edit

niu

  1. coconut

Derived terms edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse níu. Compare Faroese níggju, Icelandic níu, Elfdalian niu, and Swedish nio.

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

niu

  1. (dialectal, Voss) alternative form of ni (nine)

Proto-Norse edit

Romanization edit

niu

  1. Romanization of ᚾᛁᚢ

Pukapukan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun edit

niu

  1. coconut

Rapa Nui edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun edit

niu

  1. coconut (fruit of coco palm)

Rennellese edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun edit

niu

  1. coconut

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French nu.

Noun edit

niu m (plural niu)

  1. nu (Greek letter)

Declension edit

Rotuman edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun edit

niu

  1. coconut (fruit of coco palm)

Sa'a edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun edit

niu

  1. coconut

Samoan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun edit

niu

  1. coconut (fruit of coco palm)

Sardinian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin nidus.

Noun edit

niu

  1. (Campidanese) nest

Satawalese edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun edit

niu

  1. coconut

References edit

Tahitian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun edit

niu

  1. (archaic) coconut

To'abaita edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun edit

niu

  1. coconut

Tongan edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

niu

  1. coconut palm
  2. coconut

Tuvaluan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun edit

niu

  1. coconut