niu

niu

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

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.

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

niu

1. coconut

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

niu

1. coconut

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

niu

1. coconut

• Steve Gallagher, Peirce Baehr, Bariai Grammar Sketch (2005)

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

niu

1. coconut

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

niu

1. coconut

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈniw]

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• Rhymes: -iw

niu m (plural nius)

1. nest

• niar
• niu d'ocell
• niuada
• niuet

• “niu” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “niu”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “niu” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “niu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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

niu

1. coconut

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

niu

1. nine

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

niu

1. coconut (fruit of coco palm)

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

niu

1. coconut

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

niu

1. coconut

niu

1. Romanization of 𐌽𐌹𐌿

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).

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /niu/, [nɪ.ʊ]

niu (plural nissut)

1. leg

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

niu

1. coconut (fruit of coco palm)

• wai niu, coconut water
• kai niu, coconut cream
• niu maloʻo, copra
• niu kahiki, date

• 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

niu

1. Latin spelling of ᓂᐅ (nio)

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

niu

1. leg

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

niu

1. coconut

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

niu

1. coconut

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

niu

1. coconut

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

niu

1. coconut

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

niu

1. coconut

niu

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

• 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.

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

niu

1. coconut

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

niu

1. coconut

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

niu

1. coconut

• Niuē

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

• IPA^(key): [²niːʊ]

niu

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

niu

1. Romanization of ᚾᛁᚢ

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

niu

1. coconut

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

niu

1. coconut (fruit of coco palm)

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

niu

1. coconut

Borrowed from French nu.

niu m (plural niu)

1. nu (Greek letter)

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

niu

1. coconut (fruit of coco palm)

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

niu

1. coconut

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

niu

1. coconut (fruit of coco palm)

From Latin nidus.

niu

1. (Campidanese) nest

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

niu

1. coconut

• Kevin M. Roddy, A Sketch Grammar of Satawalese, The Language of Satawal Island, Yap State, Micronesia (2007)

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

niu

1. (archaic) coconut

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

niu

1. coconut

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

• IPA^(key): /ni.u/

niu

1. coconut palm
2. coconut

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

niu

1. coconut