See niu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kl",
"2": "esx-inu-pro",
"3": "*niu",
"t": "leg, root"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Inuit *niu (“leg, root”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "kl",
"2": "esx-esk-pro",
"3": "*ńiʁu",
"t": "leg"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Eskimo *ńiʁu (“leg”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ik",
"2": "niu"
},
"expansion": "Inupiaq niu",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "iu",
"2": "ᓂᐅ"
},
"expansion": "Inuktitut ᓂᐅ (nio)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "nissut",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "kl-decl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "niu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"absolutive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nissut",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"absolutive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nissup",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ergative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nissut",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ergative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nissumut",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"allative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nissunut",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"allative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nissumit",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nissunit",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nissukkut",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"prosecutive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nissutigut",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"prosecutive"
]
},
{
"form": "nissumi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nissuni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nissumik",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nissunik",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nissutut",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"equative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nissutut",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"equative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kl",
"2": "noun",
"3": "plural",
"4": "nissut",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "niu (plural nissut)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nissut"
},
"expansion": "niu (plural nissut)",
"name": "kl-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "niu",
"10": "nissut",
"11": "nissunut",
"12": "nissunit",
"13": "nissutigut",
"14": "nissuni",
"15": "nissunik",
"16": "nissutut",
"2": "nissup",
"3": "nissumut",
"4": "nissumit",
"5": "nissukkut",
"6": "nissumi",
"7": "nissumik",
"8": "nissutut",
"9": "nissut"
},
"name": "kl-decl"
}
],
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"lang_code": "kl",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Greenlandic entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 42 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "kl",
"name": "Anatomy",
"orig": "kl:Anatomy",
"parents": [
"Biology",
"Medicine",
"Sciences",
"Healthcare",
"All topics",
"Health",
"Fundamental",
"Body"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"leg"
],
"id": "en-niu-kl-noun-x8j8kau4",
"links": [
[
"leg",
"leg"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/niu/",
"note": "Nuuk"
},
{
"ipa": "[nɪ.ʊ]",
"note": "Nuuk"
}
],
"word": "niu"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kl",
"2": "esx-inu-pro",
"3": "*niu",
"t": "leg, root"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Inuit *niu (“leg, root”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "kl",
"2": "esx-esk-pro",
"3": "*ńiʁu",
"t": "leg"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Eskimo *ńiʁu (“leg”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ik",
"2": "niu"
},
"expansion": "Inupiaq niu",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "iu",
"2": "ᓂᐅ"
},
"expansion": "Inuktitut ᓂᐅ (nio)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "nissut",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "kl-decl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "niu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"absolutive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nissut",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"absolutive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nissup",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ergative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nissut",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ergative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nissumut",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"allative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nissunut",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"allative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nissumit",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nissunit",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nissukkut",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"prosecutive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nissutigut",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"prosecutive"
]
},
{
"form": "nissumi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nissuni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nissumik",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nissunik",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nissutut",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"equative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nissutut",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"equative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "kl",
"2": "noun",
"3": "plural",
"4": "nissut",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "niu (plural nissut)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nissut"
},
"expansion": "niu (plural nissut)",
"name": "kl-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "niu",
"10": "nissut",
"11": "nissunut",
"12": "nissunit",
"13": "nissutigut",
"14": "nissuni",
"15": "nissunik",
"16": "nissutut",
"2": "nissup",
"3": "nissumut",
"4": "nissumit",
"5": "nissukkut",
"6": "nissumi",
"7": "nissumik",
"8": "nissutut",
"9": "nissut"
},
"name": "kl-decl"
}
],
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"lang_code": "kl",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Greenlandic entries with incorrect language header",
"Greenlandic lemmas",
"Greenlandic nouns",
"Greenlandic terms derived from Proto-Eskimo",
"Greenlandic terms derived from Proto-Inuit",
"Greenlandic terms inherited from Proto-Eskimo",
"Greenlandic terms inherited from Proto-Inuit",
"Greenlandic terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 42 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"kl:Anatomy"
],
"glosses": [
"leg"
],
"links": [
[
"leg",
"leg"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/niu/",
"note": "Nuuk"
},
{
"ipa": "[nɪ.ʊ]",
"note": "Nuuk"
}
],
"word": "niu"
}
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