riu

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• Rhymes: -iw

Inherited from Old Catalan riu, from Vulgar Latin rius (“river”), from Latin rīvus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rih₂wós, from *h₃reyh₂- (“to flow; to move, set in motion”) + *-wós.

riu m (plural rius)

1. river

riu

1. inflection of riure:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “riu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Vulgar Latin rius (“river”), from Latin rīvus (“brook; small stream”).

riu m (plural rius)

1. river

riu

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of rir

From Portuguese rio.

riu

1. river

riu

1. Rōmaji transcription of りう

riu

1. second-person form/plural of rish
2. with you (formal)

   As ta mee gra riu. And I say unto you.

• riuish (emphatic)

From Old Leonese, from Vulgar Latin rius (“river”), from Latin rīvus (“brook; small stream”).

riu m (plural rius)

1. river

From Old Occitan riu,from Vulgar Latin rius (“river”) or Latin rīvus (“brook; small stream”).

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riu m (plural rius)

1. river

From Vulgar Latin rius (“river”) or Latin rīvus (“brook; small stream”).

riu m (oblique plural rius, nominative singular rius, nominative plural riu)

1. river (body of flowing water)

• Occitan: riu

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “rivus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 10: R, page 422

From Portuguese rio and Spanish río.

riu

1. river

From Old Galician-Portuguese riio, riiu.

• Rhymes: -iw
• Homophone: rio (Lisbon)
• Hyphenation: riu

riu

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of rir

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riu

1. hummingbird

• Instituto Lingüístico de Verano (1999) El alfabeto del triqui de San Martín, Itunyoso‎ (in Spanish)