nigon

== English == === Alternative forms === negon, negyn, nygon === Noun === nigon (plural nigons) (obsolete) Niggard, miser. [14th–17th c.] === Anagrams === Ngoni, ngoni, oning == Old English == === Alternative forms === nigen, nigan, niogen, nygon === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *nigun, an unexplained variant of *neun, from Proto-Germanic *newun, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈni.ɡon/, [ˈni.ɣon] === Numeral === nigon nine Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church ==== Usage notes ==== This numeral was sometimes inflected for case, but could also be indeclinable. ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: nyn, niȝen, nin, nine, nyen, niwon (Early Middle English), niȝhenn (Ormulum), neghen, neȝen, neyen, neyn, neyne (especially Northern, North Midland)English: nineOttawa Valley: neinScots: nine, neen, nyn, nyneYola: neen == Welsh == === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈnɪɡɔn/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈniːɡɔn/, /ˈnɪɡɔn/ === Adverb === nigon nasal mutation of digon (“enough”) === Mutation ===