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==Pará Arára==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|aap|nugu}} {{qualifier|used when talking to a capuchin monkey}}

===Noun===
{{head|aap|noun}}

# {{l/en|tumour}}; {{l/en|abscess}}

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


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Revision as of 16:52, 9 January 2014

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nu"

English

Ancient Greek Alphabet
←
mu
 →
xi
Ν ν
Ancient Greek: νῦ
Wikipedia article on nu

Etymology 1

Name for the letter of the Greek alphabet (deprecated template usage) Ν (N) and (deprecated template usage) ν (n).

Pronunciation

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Noun

nu (uncountable)

  1. Name for the letter of the Greek alphabet (deprecated template usage) Ν (N) and (deprecated template usage) ν (n).
  2. A measure of constringence in lenses or prisms.
Translations

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Yiddish (deprecated template usage) נו (nu).

Pronunciation

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Interjection

nu

  1. (deprecated template usage) (Jewish) An exclamation of surprise, emphasis, doubt, etc.
Translations

Etymology 3

Corruption of (deprecated template usage) new.

Adjective

nu (comparative more nu, superlative most nu)

  1. (deprecated template usage) (slang spelling) new

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian Template:term/t, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European Template:term/t 'now'. Related to ni. Compare Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) νῦν (nûn), Old High German (deprecated template usage) nu[1].

Adverb

nu

  1. when

References

  1. ^ A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 2000

Ama

Pronunciation

Noun

nu

  1. house

Aromanian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Template:term/t. Compare Daco-Romanian (deprecated template usage) nu.

Adverb

nu

  1. no
  2. not

Interjection

nu

  1. no

Antonyms

Catalan

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Template:term/t.

Adjective

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

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

Derived terms

Dalmatian

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) novem.

Numeral

nu

  1. nine

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Template:term/t.

Pronoun

nu

  1. (deprecated template usage) (second-person plural pronoun) we
See also

Danish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse (deprecated template usage) nú, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European Template:term/t.

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

Conjunction

nu

  1. now

Dutch

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch (deprecated template usage) nu, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Dutch Template:term/t, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic Template:term/t.

Pronunciation

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

Elfdalian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 2 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "dlc" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. (deprecated template usage) nú, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 2 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "dlc" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. Template:term/t.

Adverb

nu

  1. now, at this time

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Interjection

nu

  1. well (as in “Well, I think...”)

Ewe

Noun

nu

  1. mouth

French

Pronunciation

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French (deprecated template usage) nu, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Template:term/t.

Adjective

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

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

Noun

nu m (plural inv)

  1. nu (Greek letter)

Anagrams

German

Interjection

nu

  1. well, well now

Synonyms

Gothic

Romanization

nu

  1. (deprecated template usage) Romanization of 𐌽𐌿

Italian

Pronunciation

Noun

nu m or f (invariable)

  1. The name of the letter N

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

nu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぬ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ヌ

Jèrriais

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 2 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "roa-jer" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. (deprecated template usage) nu, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 2 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "roa-jer" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. Template:term/t.

Adjective

Template:roa-jer-adj

  1. bare

Lojban

Cmavo

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  1. Event abstractor, similar in meaning to an infinitive or gerund.
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Usage notes

Derived terms

See also

Mandarin

Romanization

nu

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Nonstandard spelling of nú.
  2. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Nonstandard spelling of nǔ.
  3. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Nonstandard spelling of nù.
  4. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Nonstandard spelling of nǚ.
  5. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) 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. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) 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

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) unus.

Pronunciation

Article

nu m sg

  1. a, an

Old Dutch

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic Template:term/t.

Adverb

nū

  1. now
    wat unbīdan we nū?
    what are we waiting for now?

Descendants

Old English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic Template:term/t.

Adverb

nū

  1. now

Old French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Template:term/t.

Adjective

nu m (feminine nue)

  1. naked

Adverb

nu m (feminine nue)

  1. naked

Descendants

  • French: nu

Old Saxon

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic Template:term/t.

Adverb

nū

  1. now

Pará Arára

Alternative forms

  • nugu (used when talking to a capuchin monkey)

Noun

nu

  1. Template:l/en; Template:l/en

References

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

Polish

Interjection

nu

  1. quick!, forward!

See also

Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "roa-ptg" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter "lang" should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "roa-ptg" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Template:term/t, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European Template:term/t.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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  1. naked, nude

Romanian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Template:term/t.

Pronunciation

Adverb

nu

  1. no
  2. not

Antonyms

Saterland Frisian

Interjection

nu

  1. well

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Slavic Template:term/t.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

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  1. (deprecated template usage) (Croatia) but
  2. (deprecated template usage) (Croatia) however

Synonyms

Sicilian

Article

nu m sg

  1. (deprecated template usage) (indefinite) a, an

See also

Sicilian articles
Masculine Feminine
indefinite singular un, nu na
definite singular lu, û la, â
definite plural li, î li, î

Usage notes

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

Swedish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse (deprecated template usage) nú, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic Template:term/t.

Pronunciation

Adverb

nu (not comparable)

  1. now, at this moment

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English (deprecated template usage) new.

Adjective

nu

  1. new
  2. fresh

Upper Saxon

Adverb

nu

  1. yes

Volapük

Adverb

nu

  1. now

Derived terms

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