níu

See also: niu, Niu, niū, niú, niǔ, and niù

Asturian

Noun

níu m (plural níos)

1. Alternative form of nieru

Icelandic

Icelandic cardinal numbers

<  8	9	10  >
Cardinal : níu     Ordinal : níundi

Etymology

From Old Norse níu (“nine”), from Proto-Germanic *newun, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. Cognate with Danish ni, Faroese níggju, Norwegian ni, Swedish nio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈniːjʏ]

  Rhymes: -iːjʏ

  Homophone: nýju

Numeral

níu

1. nine; the cardinal number after átta (“eight”) and before tíu (“ten”).

Derived terms

• klukkan níu
• nía (noun)

Old Norse

Old Norse numbers ^(edit)

	90[a], [b]
←  8	9	10  →
Cardinal: níu, nío     Ordinal: níundi, níondi

Alternative forms

• nío

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ᚾᛁᚢ (niu), from Proto-Germanic *newun (“nine”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ (“nine”). Cognate with Old English niġon, Old Frisian nigun, Old Saxon nigun, Old High German niun, Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽 (niun).

Numeral

níu

1. (cardinal number) nine

Descendants

• Icelandic: níu
• Faroese: níggju
• Norn: ni
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ni, nio, nie; (dialectal) niu
• Elfdalian: niu
• Old Swedish: nīo
  • Swedish: nio
• Danish: ni
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ni
• Gutnish: nei, neie, näiu, neiå

References

• níu in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Vietnamese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [niw˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [niw˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [niw˦˥]

Verb

níu • (𫼩)

1. to grab and pull; to pull back

Derived terms

Derived terms

• níu áo
• níu giữ
• níu kéo
• trì níu