Translation
nine
Word origin
From the shared Indo-European word for nine: Latin novem, German neun and English nine all continue it, and Zamenhof's naŭ compresses them into one syllable. Like all Esperanto numerals it never changes form.
- Origin
- Indo-European, via Latin novem and German neun
- Root
- novem
- English cognates
- nine, November
Examples
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I have nine books on the table.
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My daughter is nine years old.
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Nine and one are ten.
is invariable, like every Esperanto numeral: , . The ordinal adds the adjective ending, naŭa (the ninth day), and naŭdek is ninety.
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