nëntë

See also: nente

Albanian

Albanian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : nëntë

Alternative forms

  • nëndë
  • nând
  • nont

Etymology

From original nëndë but influenced by the -të in 6-8 and 10, further from Proto-Albanian *neunti-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.[1] Compare Old Norse niund, Old High German niun, Latin novem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nənt(ə)/

Numeral

nëntë

  1. nine

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 248
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