nú

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nu"

Faroese

Alternative forms

• núgv

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nʉuː/
• Rhymes: -ʉuː

Adverb

nú (not comparable)

1. now

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuː/
• Rhymes: -uː

Adverb

nú

1. now

   Synonym: núna

   • Gunnar Gunnarsson, Fjallkirkjan p. 174

     Nú drekkum við velkomandaminni!

     Now we drink to his/her arrival!

   • 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson

     Krummi krunkar úti,
     kallar á nafna sinn:
     „Ég fann höfud af hrúti
     hrygg og gæruskinn.“
     Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér,
     krummi nafni minn.

     “Krummi croaks outside,
     calling his namesake:
     ‘I found the head of a ram,
     backbone and sheepskin.’
     Come now and peck with me,
     Krummi, my namesake.”

Derived terms

• nútíð
• eins og nú standa sakir

Mandarin

Romanization

nú (nu², Zhuyin ㄋㄨˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 伮
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 奴
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 孥
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 帆
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 挏
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 笯
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 胬
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蒘
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 駑 / 驽
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鴑

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n̪oː/

Conjunction

nú

1. alternative form of nó (“or”)

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• ᚾᚢ (nu), ᚿᚢ (nu)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nu (“now”), from Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”).

Adverb

nú (not comparable)

1. now

Descendants

• Icelandic: nú, núna
• Faroese: nú, núgv
• Norwegian Nynorsk: no; (chiefly dialectal) nå
• Norwegian Bokmål: nå
• Jamtish: nú
• Elfdalian: nų
• Old Swedish: nū
  • Swedish: nu
• Danish: nu
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nu (Riksmål)

Further reading

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “nú”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

Oyda

Etymology

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

Pronoun

nú

1. we (first person plural subject)

Related terms

• ʔákkó (“what”)
• ʔóo (“who”)

Portuguese

Adjective

nú (feminine nua, masculine plural nús, feminine plural nuas)

1. misspelling of nu

Tetela

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ìjínò.

Noun

nú

1. tooth