niar

Catalan

Etymology

From niu.

Verb

niar

  1. to nest

Dalmatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Venetian,[1] from Latin nigrum.

Adjective

niar

  1. black
    Synonym: fosc

Etymology 2

Probably from Latin nervus.

Noun

niar

  1. nerve

References
  • Bartoli, Matteo Giulio (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000
  1. Buchi, Éva; Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008-), “*/ˈnɪɡr-u/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française.
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