nikjån

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See also: nikjan

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse nítján, from Proto-Germanic *newuntehun.

Pronunciation

Numeral

nikjån

  1. (dialectal) nineteen
    • 1990, Bygdebok for Modalen herad, Sogenemnda, page 99:
      nikjån silla me hòve å spor
      nineteen herrings with heads and tails

See also

References

  • Ivar Aasen (1850) “nittan”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000