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→‎Usage notes: Where the heck does this come from? A: no Vietnamese does not have that ridiculous system. B: they only use "nó" only on the assumption that that poor clueless white bastard over there may not understand what they're saying, not because that ludicrous system exists in the first place.
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====Usage notes====
====Usage notes====
* The term is ''de facto'' used to refer to any animal (including the human) in the third person, in a disrespectful manner. The use of the term to translate the English ''it'', or to refer to an inanimate object, is rather artificial, and mostly found in awkward (but common) translation of other languages.
* The term is ''de facto'' used to refer to any animal (including the human) in the third person, in a disrespectful manner. The use of the term to translate the English ''it'', or to refer to an inanimate object, is rather artificial, and mostly found in awkward (but common) translation of other languages.
* Vietnamese has a separate system of pronouns when talking about foreigners. The third-person pronoun ''nó'' is commonly used to refer to foreigners, with less of a disrespectful tone, though still improper.


====Derived terms====
====Derived terms====

Revision as of 07:06, 8 March 2018

See also: Appendix:Variations of "no"

Galician

Etymology

From Latin nōdus. Probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gnod- (“to bind”), compare English knot and its Germanic cognates.

Pronunciation

Noun

nó m (plural nós)

  1. knot (looping of a flexible material)
    Synonyms: lazada, lazo
  2. node (a knot, knob, protuberance or swelling)
    Synonym: broulla
  3. knot (whorl left in lumber)
  4. knot (unit of speed)
  5. hub (point where many routes meet)

Derived terms

References

Hungarian

Hungarian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia hu

Etymology

From Japanese 能 (nō, literally “ability”)

Pronunciation

Noun

nó (uncountable)

  1. Noh, a form of classical Japanese musical drama.

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish nó, nú, from Proto-Celtic *now- (compare Welsh neu and Old Breton nou).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

nó

  1. or

Derived terms

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin nodus.

Pronunciation

Noun

nó m (plural s)

  1. knot

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Pronoun

nó • (奴, 伮)

  1. he; him
    Thằng Tèo đi đâu rồi?
    Chắc nó đi chơi với gái rồi.
    Con Mực đi đâu rồi?
    Chắc nó cũng đi kiếm gái luôn.
    Where's Tèo (a boy)?
    He's probably going out with girls.
    Where's Blacky (a dog)?
    He's probably looking for bitches, too.
  2. she; her
    Thế còn con Tũn?
    Nó thì tao chịu.
    What about Tũn (a girl)?
    Dunno about her.
  3. (literary) it
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Usage notes

  • The term is de facto used to refer to any animal (including the human) in the third person, in a disrespectful manner. The use of the term to translate the English it, or to refer to an inanimate object, is rather artificial, and mostly found in awkward (but common) translation of other languages.

Derived terms

Yaweyuha

Noun

nó

  1. water

References

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