nu-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nu"

Curripaco

Prefix

nu-

1. first person singular agent marker

   nuiraka : I am drinking

References

• Swintha Danielsen, Tania Granadillo, Agreement in two Arawak languages, in The Typology of Semantic Alignment (edited by Mark Donohue, Søren Wichmann) (2008, →ISBN, page 398

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From the preposition nuo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nʊ]

Prefix

nu-

1. (with verbs indicating motion) describes an action's movement downward
2. (with verbs indicating motion) describes an action's movement into the distance
3. (with verbs) describes an improvement and advanced progress in the action
4. (with verbs) describes achievement through some action or event
5. (with verbs) describes an action or event's outspread over a surface
6. (with verbs) describes a type of perfective aspect in solitary events or actions

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n͈u/

Prefix

nu-

1. Alternative form of no-