nanu

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See also: ñañu

Afar

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Etymology

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From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Iraqw atén, Oromo nuyi, Saho nanu, Sidamo ninke and Somali annaga.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nʌˈnu/
  • Hyphenation: na‧nu

Pronoun

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nanú

  1. we
    Nanú sagá naxigillé.We are milking a cow.
    • Saytun Qhuraan kee kay maqnah tarjamaty Qafar afal tani [The clear Qur'an and its explanation translated into the Afar language]‎[1], Suurat Al-Faatica, verse 5:
      Diggah nanu Ni Rabbow koo inkittosnaah Qibaada dibuk koo caglisna, nanu ni-caagiidah inkih cato koo esserra.
      Our God, with strength we make you whole, only you we give [our] adoration, we as one ask you for help with our afairs.

See also

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References

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  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “nanu”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 38
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Asturian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin nānus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nanu m sg (feminine singular nana, masculine plural nanos, feminine plural nanes)

  1. dwarf
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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Low German na (well) + nu (now).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /naˈnuː/
  • Audio:(file)

Interjection

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nanu

  1. (chiefly Northern Germany) An expression of wonderment or confusion.
    • 2015 July 6, “Starts trotz Nachtflugverbot”, in Frankfurter Rundschau[3]:
      Nanu, was macht denn der Flieger da zu so später Stunde?
      Well now, what is that plane doing there at so late an hour?

References

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  1. ^ 2000, Hans Meyer, Walther Kiaulehn, Siegfried Mauermann, Der richtige Berliner in Wörtern und Redensarten, page 141

Hula

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Noun

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nanu

  1. water

References

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  • A Comparative Vocabulary of the Dialects of British New Guinea (1895)
  • Andrew K. Pawley, Malcolm D. Ross, Austronesian Terminolgies: Continuity and Change (1994), page 458

Kapampangan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *anu, from Proto-Austronesian *(na-)nu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnanu/ [ˈnäː.nu]

Pronoun

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nánu

  1. (interrogative) what

Keapara

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Noun

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nanu

  1. water

References

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  • A Comparative Vocabulary of the Dialects of British New Guinea (1895)

Northern Sami

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Adjective

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nanu

  1. attributive of nanus

Sinaugoro

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Noun

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nanu

  1. water

References

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  • A Comparative Vocabulary of the Dialects of British New Guinea (1895)

Tetum

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Verb

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nanu

  1. to sing