tiu

tiu

1. nine

From Old Norse tíu, from Proto-Germanic *tehun. Cognate with Swedish tio.

tiu

1. ten

From ti- (demonstrative correlative prefix) +‎ -u (correlative suffix of individuals).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiu/

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• Rhymes: -iu
• Hyphenation: ti‧u

tiu (plural tiuj, accusative singular tiun, accusative plural tiujn)

1. who, what person, that one/person

tiu (accusative singular tiun, plural tiuj, accusative plural tiujn)

1. that

When combined with ĉi, the adverbial particle of proximity, ĉi tiu or tiu ĉi means "this [one/person]".

• tiutempa

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiu̯/, [ˈt̪iu̯]
• Rhymes: -iu
• Syllabification^(key): tiu
• Hyphenation^(key): tiu

Borrowed from Swedish tjog.

tiu

1. score (quantity of twenty pieces, used mainly of eggs)

In plural, only nominative case is used.

• tusina

• “tiu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Onomatopoeic

tiu

1. Imitation of a small bird's sound.

• itu, uit

From Portuguese tio.

tiu

1. uncle

tīu

1. alternative form of tīo