nigon

• negon, negyn, nygon

nigon (plural nigons)

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

• Ngoni, ngoni, oning

• nigen, nigan, niogen, nygon

From Proto-West Germanic *nigun, an unexplained variant of *neun, from Proto-Germanic *newun, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

• IPA^(key): /ˈni.ɡon/, [ˈni.ɣon]

nigon

1. nine

   Nigon sīðum nigon bēoþ ān and hundeahtatiġ.

   Nine times nine is eighty-one.

• Middle English: nyne, nine, nin, niȝen, neghen, neyen, nyen, niwon, niȝhenn
  • English: nine
  • Scots: nine, neen, nyn, nyne
  • Yola: neen

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

nigon

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