tíu

From Late Latin thius, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos). Compare Spanish tío.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiu/ [ˈt̪i.u]
• Rhymes: -iu
• Syllabification: tí‧u

tíu m sg (feminine singular tía, masculine plural tíos, feminine plural tíes)

1. uncle

• “tíu” in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana. Xosé Lluis García Arias. →ISBN.
• “tíu” in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana (1ª edición). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2000). →ISBN.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːʏ/

tíu (indeclinable)

1. ten

• boðorðin tíu n pl

• tía (noun)

From Proto-Germanic *tehun (“ten”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (“ten”).

tíu

1. (cardinal number) ten

• tigr m

• Icelandic: tíu
• Faroese: tíggju
• Norn: ti
• Norwegian: ti
• Old Swedish: tīo, tīu
  • Swedish: tio
• Old Danish: ti
  • Danish: ti
• Gutnish: tei, teiå, teiu

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tíu”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 438; also available at the Internet Archive