nigon

• negon, negyn, nygon

nigon (plural nigons)

1. (obsolete) Niggard, miser. [14th-17th c.]

• Ngoni, ngoni, oning

• nigen, nigan, niogen, nygon

From Proto-Germanic *newun, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ (“nine”). Cognate with Old Frisian nigun (West Frisian njoggen), Old Saxon nigun (Dutch negen), together representing a variant of the original Germanic (with /ɡ/ for /w/), seen in Old High German niun (German neun),Old Norse níu (Swedish nio), Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽 (niun). The PIE source also led to Latin novem, Albanian nëntë, Old Irish noí (Irish naoi), Proto-Slavic *devętь (Russian девять (devjatʹ)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈniɡon/, [ˈniɣon]
• IPA^(key): /ˈnijon/, [ˈnijon]

nigon, niġon

1. nine

   Nigon sīðum nigon bēoþ ān and hundeahtatiġ.

   Nine times nine is eighty-one.

   Catt hæfþ nigon līf.

   A cat has nine lives.

• nigoþa

• Middle English: nyne
  • English: nine

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈnɪɡɔn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈniːɡɔn/, /ˈnɪɡɔn/

nigon

1. Nasal mutation of digon (“enough”).