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English

Ancient Greek alphabet
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Ν ν
Ancient Greek: νῦ
Wikipedia article on nu

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek νῦ (nû), name for the letter of the Greek alphabet Ν (N) and ν (n).

Pronunciation

Noun

nu (countable and uncountable, plural nus)

  1. The letter of the Greek alphabet Ν (N) and ν (n).
  2. A measure of constringence in lenses or prisms.
Derived terms
Translations
See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Yiddish נו (nu). Doublet of now.

Pronunciation

Interjection

nu

  1. (Jewish) An exclamation of surprise, emphasis, doubt, etc.
  2. (Jewish) Well? (Used as a question to demand an answer from someone reluctant to answer.)
Translations

Etymology 3

Phonetic respelling of new.

Adjective

nu (comparative more nu, superlative most nu)

  1. (slang spelling) new
Derived terms

See also

etymologically unrelated terms containing the word "nu"

Anagrams

Ainu

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Verb

nu (Kana spelling ヌ)

  1. (transitive) to hear
  2. (transitive) to sense (a smell)
  3. (possibly obsolete, transitive, + otta) to ask, enquire

Derived terms

  • inu (“to listen”)

Äiwoo

Verb

nu

  1. to drink

References

Ajië

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *niuʀ, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

Noun

nu

  1. coconut

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *nu, from Proto-Indo-European *nu (“now”). Related to ni. Compare Ancient Greek νῦν (nûn), Old High German nu (“now”).[1]

Adverb

nu

  1. when

References

  1. ^ Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “nu”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 301

Alemannic German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle High German nūn, from Middle High German niuwan, variant of niuwar, from Old High German niwāri. Cognate with German nur.

Alternative forms

Adverb

nu

  1. only

Etymology 2

From Middle High German nu, from Old High German nu. Cognate with German nun.

Alternative forms

Adverb

nu

  1. now
    Synonym: jetz

Etymology 3

Historical or dialectal variants.

Adverb

nu

  1. alternative form of no

Ama

Pronunciation

Noun

nu

  1. house

Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin nōn. Compare Romanian nu.

Adverb

nu

  1. no
  2. not

Interjection

nu

  1. no

Antonyms

Au

Noun

nu

  1. tree

References

  • Scorza, David. Au language word, phrase, clause. Ms. 82pp. (1976)

Blagar

Pronunciation

Numeral

nu

  1. one

References

  • W. A. L. Stokhof, Preliminary notes on the Alor and Pantar languages (East Indonesia) (1975)
  • Internet Archive, The Rosetta Project, Blagar Swadesh List

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin nūdus, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós.

Pronunciation

Adjective

nu (feminine nua, masculine plural nus, feminine plural nues)

  1. nude, naked
  2. (of things, such as trees, mountains, houses, etc.) barren, bare

Derived terms

Czech

Pronunciation

Interjection

nu

  1. (dated) expresses prompting
    Nu pojď! ― Come on!
  2. (dated) expresses agreement and participation in a conversation
    Synonyms: tak, no, nó
  3. (dated) expresses consolation (esp. to a child)

Further reading

Dalmatian

Etymology 1

From Latin novem.

Numeral

nu

  1. nine

Etymology 2

From Latin nōs.

Pronoun

nu

  1. (second-person plural pronoun) we

See also

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse nú (“now”), from Proto-Germanic *nu (“now”), from Proto-Indo-European *nu (“now”). Cognate with English now.

Pronunciation

Noun

nu n (singular definite nuet, not used in plural form)

  1. now (present time), present (current time)
  2. moment
  3. instant

Adverb

nu

  1. now

Synonyms

Conjunction

nu

  1. now

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch nu, from Old Dutch nū, from Proto-Germanic *nu.

Adverb

nu

  1. now, at the present moment
    Kom je nu of morgen?
    Will you be coming now or tomorrow?
  2. now, this time (indicating a certain amount of impatience)
    Wat is er nu weer dan?
    What is it now?
Synonyms
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: nue, nu, noe, nou
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: nou

Conjunction

nu

  1. now (that)
    Nu je het zegt, weet ik het weer.
    Now you're saying it, I do remember it.

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek νῦ (nû). Doublet of noen.

Noun

nu m (plural nu's, diminutive nuutje n)

  1. n (letter of the Greek alphabet)

Further reading

East Central German

Etymology

From Sorbian or Czech. Cf. no.

Pronunciation

Adverb

nu

  1. (Upper Saxon) yes

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse nú, from Proto-Germanic *nu. Cognate with Swedish nu.

Adverb

nu

  1. now, at this time

Esperanto

Etymology

From Russian ну (nu) and German nu, of Slavic origin (compare Polish no).

Pronunciation

Interjection

nu

  1. well (filled pause, particularly at the beginning of a response to a question)
    Nu, li diris, ke li ne volas ĉeesti la feston.
    Well, he said he doesn't want to go to the party.

Ewe

Etymology

Likely from Proto-Gbe *-ɖũ.[1] Cognates include Fon nu, Saxwe Gbe onu, Adja enù, Ayizo nuu and Gun ònù. Possibly related to Yoruba ẹnu, Igbo ọnụ and Igala álu.

Noun

nu

  1. mouth

References

  1. ^ Capo, Hounkpati B.C. (1991), A Comparative Phonology of Gbe (Publications in African Languages and Linguistics; 14), Berlin/New York; Garome, Benin: Foris Publications & Labo Gbe (Int), page 219

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French nu, from Latin nūdus, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós.

Adjective

nu (feminine nue, masculine plural nus, feminine plural nues)

  1. (person): naked, nude
  2. (body, tree): bare
Derived terms

Noun

nu m (plural nus)

  1. (art) nude
Descendants
  • → Russian: ню (nju)
  • → Ukrainian: ню (nju)

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek νῦ (nû).

Noun

nu m (plural nu or nus)

  1. nu (Greek letter)

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese nuu, from Latin nūdus, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós. Cognate with Portuguese nu.

Adjective

nu (feminine núa, masculine plural nus, feminine plural núas)

  1. naked, nude
  2. bare, barren

Gaulish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *nu, from Proto-Indo-European *nu.

Pronunciation

Adverb

nu

  1. now

German

Etymology 1

    From Middle High German nu, nuo. The form without a final -n remained common in some dialects and was reinforced by German Low German nu, from Middle Low German nû.

    Pronunciation

    Adverb

    nu

    1. (colloquial or archaic) alternative form of nun
    Derived terms

    Interjection

    nu

    1. (colloquial or archaic) alternative form of nun

    Etymology 2

      From a Slavic dialect, probably Sorbian. Compare Czech ano (“yes”), Polish no (“yeah; well”), Russian ну (nu, “yeah; well”). In the sense of a filled pause touching on etymology 1 above.

      Pronunciation

      Interjection

      nu

      1. (colloquial, regional, Saxony) yes; yeah; expresses agreement or understanding
      2. (colloquial, regional, Saxony) well; fills pause

      Gothic

      Romanization

      nu

      1. romanization of 𐌽𐌿

      Iaai

      Etymology

      From Proto-Oceanic *niuʀ, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      nu

      1. coconut palm

      Ingrian

      Etymology

      Borrowed from Russian ну (nu).

      Pronunciation

      Interjection

      nu

      1. synonym of no (“well”)

      References

      • Elena Markus (2024), “Syntax and functions of the Ingrian discourse particles no and nu”, in Eesti ja soome-ugri keeleteaduse ajakiri, volume 15, number 1, pages 155-186

      Italian

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈnu/
      • Rhymes: -u
      • Hyphenation: nù

      Noun

      nu m or f (invariable)

      1. the name of the letter N

      Anagrams

      Japanese

      Romanization

      nu

      1. The hiragana syllable ぬ (nu) or the katakana syllable ヌ (nu) in Hepburn romanization.

      Kabuverdianu

      Etymology

      From Portuguese nós.

      Pronoun

      nu

      1. we

      References

      • Gonçalves, Manuel (2015), Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

      Kamkata-viri

      Kamkata-viri cardinal numbers
       <  8 9 10  > 
          Cardinal : nu
      Kativiri cardinal numbers
       <  8 9 10  > 
          Cardinal : nu

      Etymology 1

      From Proto-Nuristani (or less likely borrowed from a descendant of Sanskrit नव (náva)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

      Numeral

      nu (Western, Northeastern, Southeastern)[1]

      1. nine

      References

      1. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016), “n′u”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎[1]

      Etymology 2

      From Proto-Nuristani, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náHuš (“boat”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us.[1]

      Noun

      nu f (Western, Southeastern)[2]

      1. wooden aqueduct
      2. mill water conduit

      Alternative forms

      • nū (Northeastern)

      References

      1. ^ Halfmann, Jakob (2025). The Diversification of Indo-Iranian and the Position of the Nuristani Languages. Wiesbaden: Reichert.
      2. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016), “n′u”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎[2]

      Kosraean

      Etymology

      From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ñiuʀ. Compare Pohnpeian nih, Fijian niu, Tongan niu, Hawaiian niu.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      nu

      1. coconut

      Kusunda

      Pronoun

      nu

      1. you (second-person singular pronoun)

      References

      David E. Watters (2006), “Notes on Kusunda Grammar: A Language Isolate of Nepal”, in Himalayan Linguistics‎[5], page 44

      Latvian

      Particle

      nu

      1. well
        Nu labi! ― Very well!
      2. now
        Ko nu? ― What now?

      Interjection

      nu

      1. well
        Nu, kas notika? ― Well, what happened?

      Mandarin

      Romanization

      nu

      1. nonstandard spelling of nú
      2. nonstandard spelling of nǔ
      3. nonstandard spelling of nù
      4. nonstandard spelling of nǘ
      5. nonstandard spelling of nǚ
      6. nonstandard spelling of nǜ

      Usage notes

      • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

      Mauritian Creole

      Pronoun

      nu

      1. alternative spelling of nou

      See also

      Mauritian Creole personal pronouns
      singular plural
      1st person mo
      mwa (objective)       		nou
      2nd person to (informal), ou (formal)
      twa (objective)       		zot
      3rd person li zot, bann-la

      Middle Dutch

      Etymology

      From Old Dutch nu, from Proto-Germanic *nu.

      Adverb

      nu

      1. now, currently
      2. today
      3. here
      4. just now

      Descendants

      Conjunction

      nu

      1. now that
      2. since, because

      Descendants

      • Dutch: nu
      • Limburgish: noe

      Further reading

      • “nu”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
      • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “nu (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

      Middle English

      Adverb

      nu

      1. alternative form of nou

      Mizo

      Etymology

      From Proto-Kuki-Chin *nuu.

      Noun

      nu

      1. mother

      Derived terms

      Further reading

      Muong

      Etymology

      Cognate with Vietnamese nâu.

      Pronunciation

      Adjective

      nu

      1. (Mường Bi) brown

      Neapolitan

      Alternative forms

      Etymology

      From Latin ūnus.

      Pronunciation

      Article

      nu m sg

      1. a, an

      Norman

      Etymology

      From Old French nu, from Latin nūdus.

      Adjective

      nu m

      1. (Jersey) bare

      Norn

      Adverb

      nu

      1. now
        • c. 1675 (collected in 1774, published in 1805), Hildina
          Nu swara Hiluge […] Gipt mir nu fruan Hildina […]
          Now Hiluge answers […] Give me now [the] lady Hildina […]

      Northern Sami

      Etymology

      (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

      Pronunciation

      • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈnuː/

      Adverb

      nū

      1. so, thus, like that
      2. so, to that extent

      Further reading

      • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[6], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

      Norwegian Bokmål

      Etymology 1

      Noun

      nu m (definite singular nuen, indefinite plural nuer, definite plural nuene)

      1. a trough

      Etymology 2

      From Old Norse nú.

      Adverb

      nu

      1. (archaic or dialectal) now; alternative form of nå

      Interjection

      nu

      1. alternative form of nå

      Noun

      nu n (definite singular nuet, uncountable)

      1. alternative form of nå

      References

      Norwegian Nynorsk

      Etymology 1

      Noun

      nu m (definite singular nuen, indefinite plural nuar, definite plural nuane)

      1. a trough

      Etymology 2

      From Old Norse nú.

      Adverb

      nu

      1. (dialectal) now; alternative form of no

      Interjection

      nu

      1. alternative form of no

      Noun

      nu n (definite singular nuet, uncountable)

      1. alternative form of no

      References

      Old Dutch

      Etymology

      From Proto-Germanic *nu.

      Adverb

      nū

      1. now
        • wat unbidan we nu?
          what are we waiting for now?

      Derived terms

      Descendants

      Further reading

      • “nū (I)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

      Old English

      Alternative forms

      Etymology

      From Proto-West Germanic *nū, from Proto-Germanic *nu.

      Pronunciation

      Adverb

      nū

      1. now
        Iċ eom nū on þǣre cyċenan.
        I'm in the kitchen right now.
      2. just (in the sense "recently")
        Iċ wæs nū on þǣre cyċenan.
        I was just in the kitchen.
      3. since
        • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
          Nū ðū þæt swā openlīce onġiten hæfst, ne þearfe ic nū nauht swīþe ymbe þ swincan þæt ic þē mā be gode recce.
          Since thou hast so clearly understood this, I need not now greatly labour in order that I may instruct thee further concerning good;...
        • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
          Þȳ iċ wundriġe hwȳ þū ne mæġe onġietan þæt þū eart nū ġīet swīðe ġesǣliġ, nū þū ġīet leofast and eart hāl.
          So I wonder why you can't understand that you're still very lucky, since you're still alive and healthy.
        • late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"
          Nu ge þam mærum godum offrian nellað, ne beo ge me næfre heonon-forð swa wurðe ne swa leofe swa ge ær wæron...
          Since ye will not offer to the great gods, ye shall never henceforth be to me so worthy nor so dear as ye were before;...

      Derived terms

      Descendants

      Conjunction

      nū

      1. now that

      Old French

      Etymology

      From Latin nūdus.

      Adjective

      nu m (oblique and nominative feminine singular nue)

      1. naked

      Adverb

      nu m (feminine nue)

      1. naked

      Descendants

      Old Saxon

      Etymology

      From Proto-Germanic *nu.

      Adverb

      nū

      1. now
      2. since

      References

      Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Altsächsisches Wörterbuch‎[7] (in German), 5th edition

      Pali

      Alternative forms

      Alternative scripts

      Etymology

      From Sanskrit नु (nu), from Proto-Indo-European *nu.

      Particle

      nu

      1. then, now

      Pará Arára

      Alternative forms

      forms used in “pet talk”, when talking to a specific animal[1]

      Noun

      nu

      1. tumour; abscess

      References

      • 2010, Isaac Costa de Souza, A Phonological Description of “Pet Talk” in Arara (MA), SIL Brazil, page 42.

      Phalura

      Etymology 1

      (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

      Pronunciation

      Pronoun

      nu (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling نوۡ)

      1. it
      2. he
      3. this one (prox masc nom)

      References

      • Henrik Liljegren; Naseem Haider (2011), “nu”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[8], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

      Etymology 2

      (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

      Pronunciation

      Determiner

      nu (demonstrative, Perso-Arabic spelling نوۡ)

      1. this (agr: prox nom masc)

      References

      • Henrik Liljegren; Naseem Haider (2011), “nu”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[9], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

      Plautdietsch

      Adverb

      nu

      1. now

      Polish

      Pronunciation

       
      • Audio:(file)
      • Rhymes: -u
      • Syllabification: nu

      Interjection

      nu

      1. quick!, forward!
      2. (dialectal, Far Masovian) alternative form of no (“yes”)
        Umniés pisać? Nu ale umniem. (Far Masovian) ― Can you write? Yes I can.

      Further reading

      Portuguese

      Alternative forms

      Etymology

      Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese nuu, from Latin nūdum. Compare Galician nu, Italian nudo, French nu.

      Pronunciation

      Adjective

      nu (feminine nua, masculine plural nus, feminine plural nuas)

      1. naked, nude

      Derived terms

      Prasuni

      Etymology

      From Proto-Nuristani, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

      Pronunciation

      Numeral

      Prasuni cardinal numbers
       <  8 9 10  > 
          Cardinal : nu

      nu (Pronz)[1]

      1. nine

      References

      1. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016), “nu”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎[3]

      Romanian

      Alternative forms

      Etymology

      Inherited from Latin nōn. Compare Aromanian nu.

      Pronunciation

      Adverb

      nu

      1. no
      2. not

      Usage notes

      Romanian features the double negative. Nu is stressed within a normal sentence, but in a double negative construction is left unstressed in favour of the other negative component.

      In speech—even in moderately formal contexts—nu is elided before verbs beginning with a, most notably the past perfect auxiliary avea.

      Likewise, nu triggers prodelision before words (of any part of speech) beginning with î. Elision and prodelision are orthographically marked with a hyphen where no line break may occur.

      In these cases, the syllable following the n of nu takes the sentence stress, which is stronger than the primary stress of the negated word.

      Antonyms

      Further reading

      Saterland Frisian

      Interjection

      nu

      1. well

      Serbo-Croatian

      Etymology

      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nǫ.

      Pronunciation

      Conjunction

      nȕ (Cyrillic spelling ну̏)

      1. (Croatia) but, however
        Synonyms: ȁli, no, nut

      Further reading

      • “nu”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

      Shuar

      Determiner

      nu

      1. that, those

      References

      • Chicham: Dictionario Enciclopédico Shuar-Castellano

      Sicilian

      Article

      nu m sg

      1. (indefinite) a, an

      Usage notes

      Nu is used only before words beginning with the letter z or s and a consonant, like the Italian uno

      See also

      Sicilian articles
      singular plural
      masculine feminine
      indefinite article nu, un, 'n na —
      definite
      article       		liquid lu la li
      illiquid u, û a, â i, î

      South Slavey

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): [nù(ʔ)]
      • Hyphenation: nu

      Noun

      nu (stem -nu-)

      1. Ford Liard form of ndu

      Inflection

      Possessive inflection of nu (-nué)
      singular plural
      1st person senué naxenué
      2nd person nenué
      3rd person 1) — ginué
      2) menué gonué
      4th person yenué
      reflexive sp. ɂedenué kedenué
      unsp. denué
      reciprocal — ɂełenué
      indefinite ɂenué
      areal gonué

      1) Used when the subject is a group of human beings
      and the object is singular.
      2) Used when the previous condition does not apply.

      References

      • Keren Rice (1989), A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 11

      Sumerian

      Romanization

      nu

      1. romanization of 𒉡 (nu)

      Sundanese

      Etymology

      Shortening of anu.

      Article

      nu (Sundanese script ᮔᮥ)

      1. An article that denotes a noun.
        nu nyaho ― those who know
      2. An article that denotes ownership.
        Ieu nu urang, lain? ― This one's mine, right?

      Pronoun

      nu (Sundanese script ᮔᮥ)

      1. which
        Nu mana? ― Which one?

      Swedish

      Etymology

      From Old Norse nú, from Proto-Germanic *nu.

      Pronunciation

      Adverb

      nu (not comparable)

      1. now (at this moment)
        Hör du mig nu?
        Can you hear me now?
        (literally, “Hear you me now?”)
        Jag har inte tid just nu
        I don't have the time right now
      2. Used to emphasize a point in time close to the present; this
        Det är fest på fredag
        There is a party on Friday
        Det är fest nu på fredag
        There is a party this Friday
        – Är festen nästa fredag? – Nej, den är nu på fredag.
        – Is the party next Friday? [Implies next week, like in English] – No, it is this Friday.
        Jag var där i måndags
        I was there on Monday
        Jag var där nu i måndags
        I was there this Monday

      Derived terms

      See also

      Noun

      nu n

      1. (usually in the definite) present, now
        att leva i nuet
        to live in the present
        1. moment (when more idiomatic in English)
          att vara närvarande i nuet
          to be present in the moment [the present]

      Declension

      Declension of nu
      nominative genitive
      singular indefinite nu nus
      definite nuet nuets
      plural indefinite — —
      definite — —

      References

      Tày

      Etymology

      From Proto-Tai *ʰnuːᴬ. Cognate with Thai หนู (nǔu), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶᩪ, Lao ໜູ (nū), Tai Dam ꪘꪴ, Lü ᦐᦴ (ṅuu), Shan ၼူ (nǔu), Zhuang nou, Saek หนู่.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      nu (𪺹, 𮮬)

      1. (zoology) mouse

      References

      • Dương Nhật Thanh; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[10] (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội [Social Sciences Publishing House]
      • Lương Bèn (2011), Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[11][12] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

      Tetum

      Etymology

      Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *niuʀ.

      Noun

      nu

      1. coconut

      Further reading

      • Fransiskus Monteiro (1985), Kamus Tetun-Indonesia [Tetum-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan

      Tok Pisin

      Etymology

      From English new.

      Adjective

      nu

      1. new
      2. fresh

      Tooro

      Pronunciation

      Determiner

      -nu

      1. this, these (proximal demonstrative determiner)

      Declension

      Inflected forms of -nu
      Noun class non-copulative copulative
      singular plural singular plural
      1/2 onu banu ngunu mbanu
      3/4 gunu enu ngunu nginu
      5/6 linu ganu ndinu nganu
      7/8 kinu binu nkinu mbinu
      9/10 enu zinu nginu nzinu
      11/10 runu ndunu
      12/14 kanu bunu nkanu mbunu
      13 — tunu — ntunu
      14/6 bunu ganu mbunu nganu
      15/6 kunu nkunu
      16 hanu — mpanu —
      17 kunu
      18 munu

      Derived terms

      See also

      • -li (“that (distal demonstrative determiner)”)

      References

      • Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎[13], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 405

      Volapük

      Adverb

      nu

      1. now

      Derived terms

      Waigali

      Waigali cardinal numbers
       <  8 9 10  > 
          Cardinal : nu

      Etymology

      From Proto-Nuristani *nuwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

      Pronunciation

      Numeral

      nu (Nisheigram)[1]

      1. nine

      References

      1. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016), “nu”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎[4]

      Wauja

      Pronunciation

      Pronoun

      nu

      1. me (first-person singular indirect object pronoun)
        Pinyanka nu! Katsa umawiu? Nama!
        Tell me! What did [he] say? Come on!
        Puputatain nu kuapi.
        Give me a little [bit of] cotton thread.
      • natu (I,me, my, mine)

      References

      • E. Ireland field notes. Needs to be checked by a native speaker.

      Wolof

      Pronoun

      nu

      1. we (first-person plural object pronoun)

      See also

      Wolof personal pronouns
      singular plural
      subject object subject object
      1st person man ma nun nu
      2nd person yow la yeen leen
      3rd person moom ko ñoom leen

      Zia

      Pronoun

      nu

      1. he
      2. she

      Zou

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      nu

      1. mother

      References

      • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 45
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