sjau

== Norwegian Nynorsk == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃæʉ̯/, /ʃœʉ̯/ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Dutch. ==== Noun ==== sjau m (definite singular sjauen, indefinite plural sjauar, definite plural sjauane) hard, toilsome work fuss, noise ==== Verb ==== sjau imperative of sjaue === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse sjau, from Proto-Germanic *sebun, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥. ==== Numeral ==== sjau (dialectal, non-standard since 1901) seven Synonym: sju === References === “sjau” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. Ivar Aasen (1850), “sjau”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎[1] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000 === Anagrams === sjua == Old Norse == === Etymology === From earlier *seaβu(n), from Proto-Germanic *sebun (whence also Old English seofon, Old High German sibun, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌱𐌿𐌽 (sibun)), from earlier *sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥. === Numeral === sjau (cardinal number) seven ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “sjau”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive