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“niu”, inDiccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition,Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan:Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“niu”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana,2025
“niu” inDiccionari normatiu valencià,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“niu” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

East Futuna

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Etymology

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FromProto-Polynesian*niu, fromProto-Oceanic, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*niuʀ.

Noun

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niu

coconut

Elfdalian

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

Etymology

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FromOld Norseníu, fromProto-Germanic*newun. Cognate withSwedishnio.

Numeral

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niu

nine

Fijian

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FijianWikipedia has an article on:

niu

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Etymology

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

Noun

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niu

coconut(fruit of coco palm)

Gedaged

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Etymology

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FromProto-Oceanic, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*niuʀ.

Noun

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niu

coconut

Gela

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Etymology

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FromProto-Oceanic, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*niuʀ.

Noun

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niu

coconut

Gothic

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Romanization

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niu

romanization of𐌽𐌹𐌿

Greenlandic

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Etymology

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FromProto-Inuit*niu(“leg, root”), fromProto-Eskimo*ńiʁu(“leg”). Compareniulu(“foot (of object), root (of plant)”). Cognates includeInupiaqniu andInuktitutᓂᐅ(nio).

Pronunciation

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(Nuuk)IPA^(key): /niu/,[nɪ.ʊ]

Noun

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niu (pluralnissut)

Declension

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

Hawaiian

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈni̯u/,[ˈnju]

Etymology 1

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Inherited fromProto-Polynesian*niu, fromProto-Oceanic*niuʀ, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*niuʀ (compare withTagalogniyog,Malaynyiur).

Noun

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niu

coconut(fruit of coco palm)

Derived terms

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kai niu(“coconut cream”)
niu kahiki(“date”)
niu maloʻo(“copra”)
wai niu(“coconut water”)

Etymology 2

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FromProto-Polynesian*liu(“turn round”).

Verb

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niu (passiveniua)

(stative)spinning,whirling

Related terms

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niniu(“spin”,verb)
niuniu(“unlucky”)
pōniu(“rotate”,verb)

References

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Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “niu”, inHawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press,→ISBN, pages267-8
niu inCombined Hawaiian Dictionary, attrussel2.com.

Inuktitut

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Noun

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niu

Latin spelling ofᓂᐅ(nio)

Inupiaq

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Etymology

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FromProto-Inuit*niu, fromProto-Eskimo*niʀu.

Noun

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niu

Kairiru

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Etymology

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FromProto-Oceanic, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*niuʀ.

Noun

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niu

coconut

Kapingamarangi

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Etymology

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FromProto-Polynesian*niu, fromProto-Oceanic, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*niuʀ.

Noun

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niu

coconut

Kwaio

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Etymology

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FromProto-Oceanic, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*niuʀ.

Noun

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niu

coconut

Lusi

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Etymology

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FromProto-Oceanic, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*niuʀ.

Noun

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niu

coconut

Manam

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Etymology

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FromProto-Oceanic, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*niuʀ.

Noun

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niu

coconut

Mandarin

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Romanization

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niu

nonstandard spelling ofniū
nonstandard spelling ofniú
nonstandard spelling ofniǔ
nonstandard spelling ofniù

Usage notes

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