"niu" meaning in Greenlandic

See niu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /niu/ (note: Nuuk), [nɪ.ʊ] (note: Nuuk)
Etymology: 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). Etymology templates: {{inh|kl|esx-inu-pro|*niu|t=leg, root}} Proto-Inuit *niu (“leg, root”), {{inh|kl|esx-esk-pro|*ńiʁu|t=leg}} Proto-Eskimo *ńiʁu (“leg”), {{cog|ik|niu}} Inupiaq niu, {{cog|iu|ᓂᐅ}} Inuktitut ᓂᐅ (nio) Head templates: {{head|kl|noun|plural|nissut|head=}} niu (plural nissut), {{kl-noun|nissut}} niu (plural nissut) Inflection templates: {{kl-decl|niu|nissup|nissumut|nissumit|nissukkut|nissumi|nissumik|nissutut|nissut|nissut|nissunut|nissunit|nissutigut|nissuni|nissunik|nissutut}} Forms: nissut [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], niu [absolutive, singular], nissut [absolutive, plural], nissup [ergative, singular], nissut [ergative, plural], nissumut [allative, singular], nissunut [allative, plural], nissumit [ablative, singular], nissunit [ablative, plural], nissukkut [prosecutive, singular], nissutigut [plural, prosecutive], nissumi [locative, singular], nissuni [locative, plural], nissumik [instrumental, singular], nissunik [instrumental, plural], nissutut [equative, singular], nissutut [equative, plural]
  1. leg Categories (topical): Anatomy

Inflected forms

{
  "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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