niu

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See also: Niu, NIU, niū, niú, niǔ, niù, and níu

Translingual

Symbol

niu

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Niuean.

English

Noun

niu (plural nius)

  1. (New Zealand, historical) A tall pole with yardarms from which hung ropes, circled by worshippers in the Pai Mārire religious movement.

Anuta

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun

niu

  1. coconut

Arosi

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun

niu

  1. coconut

Bariai

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun

niu

  1. coconut

References

Bughotu

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun

niu

  1. coconut

Bwanabwana

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun

niu

  1. coconut

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan niu, from Latin nīdus, from Proto-Italic *nizdos (“nest”), from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”).

Pronunciation

Noun

niu m (plural nius)

  1. nest

Derived terms

References

East Futuna

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun

niu

  1. coconut

Elfdalian

Elfdalian cardinal numbers
 <  8 9 10  > 
    Cardinal : niu
    Ordinal : niund

Etymology

From Old Norse níu, from Proto-Germanic *newun. Cognate with Swedish nio.

Numeral

niu

  1. nine

Fijian

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Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *niu, from Proto-Oceanic *niuʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun

niu

  1. coconut (fruit of coco palm)

Gedaged

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun

niu

  1. coconut

Gela

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun

niu

  1. coconut

Gothic

Romanization

niu

  1. Romanization of 𐌽𐌹𐌿

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *niu (“leg, root”), from Proto-Eskimo *ńiʁu (“leg”). Compare niulu (“foot (of object), root (of plant)”). Cognates include Inupiaq niu and Inuktitut ᓂᐅ (nio).

Pronunciation

Noun

niu (plural nissut)

  1. leg

Declension

Declension of niu
singular plural
absolutive niu nissut
ergative nissup nissut
allative nissumut nissunut
ablative nissumit nissunit
prosecutive nissukkut nissutigut
locative nissumi nissuni
instrumental nissumik nissunik
equative nissutut nissutut

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ (compare with Tagalog niyog, Malay nyiur).

Noun

niu

  1. coconut (fruit of coco palm)

Derived terms

References

  • Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “niu”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, pages 267-8

Inuktitut

Noun

niu

  1. Latin spelling of ᓂᐅ (nio)

Inupiaq

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *niu, from Proto-Eskimo *niʀu.

Noun

niu

  1. leg

Kairiru

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun

niu

  1. coconut

Kapingamarangi

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun

niu

  1. coconut

Kwaio

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun

niu

  1. coconut

Lusi

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun

niu

  1. coconut

Manam

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun

niu

  1. coconut

Mandarin

Romanization

niu

  1. Nonstandard spelling of niū.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of niú.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of niǔ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of niù.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ (compare with Tagalog niyog, Malay nyiur).

Noun

niu

  1. coconut

Motu

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun

niu

  1. coconut

Niuean

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun

niu

  1. coconut

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse níu. Compare Faroese níggju, Icelandic níu, Elfdalian niu, and Swedish nio.

Pronunciation

Numeral

niu

  1. (dialectal, Voss) alternative form of ni (“nine”)

Proto-Norse

Romanization

niu

  1. Romanization of ᚾᛁᚢ

Pukapukan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun

niu

  1. coconut

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun

niu

  1. coconut (fruit of coco palm)

Rennellese

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun

niu

  1. coconut

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French nu.

Noun

niu m (plural niu)

  1. nu (Greek letter)

Declension

Declension of niu
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) niu niuul (niște) niu niui
genitive/dative (unui) niu niuului (unor) niu niulor
vocative niuule niulor

Rotuman

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun

niu

  1. coconut (fruit of coco palm)

Sa'a

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun

niu

  1. coconut

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun

niu

  1. coconut (fruit of coco palm)

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin nidus.

Noun

niu

  1. (Campidanese) nest

Satawalese

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun

niu

  1. coconut

References

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun

niu

  1. (archaic) coconut

To'abaita

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun

niu

  1. coconut

Tongan

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Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Pronunciation

Noun

niu

  1. coconut palm
  2. coconut

Tuvaluan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *niu, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun

niu

  1. coconut
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