tiu

See also: Tiu, tíu, and ti'u

Chuukese

Numeral

tiu

  1. nine

Elfdalian
Elfdalian cardinal numbers
 <  9 10 11  > 
    Cardinal : tiu
    Ordinal : tiund

Etymology

From Old Norse tíu, from Proto-Germanic *tehun. Cognate with Swedish tio.

Numeral

tiu

  1. ten

Esperanto

Etymology

From ti- (demonstrative correlative prefix) +‎ -u (correlative suffix of individuals).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈtiu]
  • Audio:
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  • Rhymes: -iu
  • Hyphenation: ti‧u

Pronoun

tiu (plural tiuj, accusative singular tiun, accusative plural tiujn)

  1. who, what person, that one/person

Determiner

tiu (accusative singular tiun, plural tiuj, accusative plural tiujn)

  1. that

Usage notes

When combined with ĉi, the adverbial particle of proximity, ĉi tiu or tiu ĉi means "this [one/person]".

Derived terms

Finnish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtiu̯/, [ˈt̪iu̯]
  • Rhymes: -iu
  • Syllabification(key): tiu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Swedish tjog.

Noun

tiu

  1. score (quantity of twenty pieces, used mainly of eggs)
Declension
Declension of tiu (type rosé)
singular plural
nominative tiu tiut
genitive tiun –
partitive tiuta –
accusative tiu
tiun		 tiut
inessive tiussa –
elative tiusta –
illative tiuhun –
adessive tiulla –
ablative tiulta –
allative tiulle –
essive tiuna –
translative tiuksi –
instructive – –
abessive tiutta –
comitative – –

In plural, only nominative case is used.

See also

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic

Interjection

tiu

  1. Imitation of a small bird's sound.

Anagrams

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese tio.

Noun

tiu

  1. uncle
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