Tiu

See also: tiu, -tiu, tìu, tíu, and tîu

English

Alternative forms

• Tew (rare), Tiw, Tue (rare)

Etymology

Revived from Old English Tīw, from Proto-West Germanic *Tīw, from Proto-Germanic *Tīwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”). Doublet of Tuesday and Tyr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːuː/
• Rhymes: -iːuː

Proper noun

Tiu

1. (Germanic mythology) The ancient Germanic god of war and the sky, identified with Tyr of Norse mythology.

Related terms

• Tuesday

Further reading

• “Tiu”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “Tiu”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.

Anagrams

• I-tu, ITU, TUI, UTI, tui

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 張 / 张 (Tiuⁿ). Doublet of Zhang and Tio. Compare Malaysian & Singaporean English Teo / Teoh.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtju/ [ˈt͡ʃʊ]
    • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈtju/ [ˈt̪jʊ]
    • Rhymes: -u
    • Syllabification: Ti‧u
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtiw/ [ˈt̪ɪʊ̯ː]
    • Rhymes: -iw
    • Syllabification: Tiu

Proper noun

Tiu (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜌᜓ)

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Tiu is the 101st most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 56,132 individuals.