tíggju

Faroese

Faroese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : tíggju     Ordinal : tíggjundi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtʊd͡ʒːʊ]

Numeral

tíggju

1. ten, cardinal number after níggju and before ellivu