níu

níu m (plural níos)

1. alternative form of nieru

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈniːjʏ]

  Rhymes: -iːjʏ

  Homophone: nýju

níu (indeclinable)

1. nine

• nía (noun)

• nío

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).

níu

1. (cardinal number) nine

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

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “níu”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 314; also available at the Internet Archive

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• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [niw˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [niw˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [niw˦˥]

níu • (𫼩)

1. to grab and pull; to pull back