tiu
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Chuukese
Numeral
tiu
Elfdalian
| < 9 | 10 | 11 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : tiu Ordinal : tiund | ||
Etymology
From Old Norse tíu, from Proto-Germanic *tehun. Cognate with Swedish tio.
Numeral
tiu
Esperanto
Etymology
From ti- (demonstrative correlative prefix) + -u (correlative suffix of individuals).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
tiu (plural tiuj, accusative singular tiun, accusative plural tiujn)
Determiner
tiu (accusative singular tiun, plural tiuj, accusative plural tiujn)
Usage notes
When combined with ĉi, the adverbial particle of proximity, ĉi tiu or tiu ĉi means "this ".
Derived terms
See also
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interrogative | demonstrative | indefinite | universal | negative | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ki- | ti- | i- | ĉi- | neni- | ||
| kind of, sort of | -a | kia | tia | ia | ĉia | nenia |
| reason | -al | kial | tial | ial | ĉial | nenial |
| time | -am | kiam | tiam | iam | ĉiam | neniam |
| place | -e | kie | tie | ie | ĉie | nenie |
| motion | -en | kien | tien | ien | ĉien | nenien |
| manner | -el | kiel | tiel | iel | ĉiel | neniel |
| possessive | -es | kies | ties | ies | ĉies | nenies |
| demonstrative pronoun | -o | kio | tio | io | ĉio | nenio |
| amount | -om | kiom | tiom | iom | ĉiom | neniom |
| demonstrative determiner | -u | kiu | tiu | iu | ĉiu | neniu |
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
tiu
- score (quantity of twenty pieces, used mainly of eggs)
Declension
In plural, only nominative case is used.
See also
Further reading
- “tiu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2
Interjection
tiu
- Imitation of a small bird's sound.
Anagrams
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portuguese tio.
Noun
tiu
Old Swedish
Numeral
tīu
- Alternative form of tīo