níu

níu m (plural níos)

1. Alternative form of nieru

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

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

• klukkan níu
• 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
• Danish: ni
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ni
• Gutnish: nei, neie, näiu, neiå

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

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

níu • (𫼩)

1. to grab and pull; to pull back