nuf

See also: nûf

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin novus.

Adjective

nuf m (feminine núa)

1. new

Dutch

Etymology

Possibly a slang word related to neus, Low German nüff (“snout, nose”), or West Frisian nüf, referring to someone who turns her nose up at something or walks with her nose in the air.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nʏf/

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• Hyphenation: nuf
• Rhymes: -ʏf

Noun

nuf f (plural nuffen, diminutive nufje n)

1. (derogatory) a woman, in particular a girl, who is considered arrogant or posh
   • 1802, Miguel de Cervantes de Saavedra, De ridder Don Quichot van Mancha, vol. 2, tr. by Pieter van Woensel, publ. by J. C. Leeuwestyn, 47.

     „(...) Hoe durft gij, aschgat en nufje, zulke lastertaal uitſlaan, oordeelen over zulke loflijke boeken als die der ridderſchap! (...)”

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Derived terms

• nuffig
• nufje dundoek

Descendants

• → West Frisian: nufke

Old Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnuɸ]?

Noun

nuf f (plural nuues)

1. Apocopic form of nuue, cloud.
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 18r:

     Fue el dia t̃cero al alba dela man. ⁊ vinẏerõ truenos ⁊ relãpagos ⁊ nuf grãt ſobrel mõt. Y uoz de cuerno grãt mucho E ouẏerõ pauor grãt tod el pueblo q̃ era enel albergada.

     It was the early morning of the third day, and there came thunder and flashes of lightning and a great cloud upon the mountain, and the very mighty blast of a [ram's] horn, and all the people who were in the camp felt great fear.

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English roof (roof /ruːf/ > nuf, r > n).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nuf]

Noun

nuf (nominative plural nufs)

1. roof

Declension

declension of nuf

	singular	plural
nominative	nuf	nufs
genitive	nufa	nufas
dative	nufe	nufes
accusative	nufi	nufis
vocative 1	o nuf!	o nufs!
predicative 2	nufu	nufus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

Terms derived from "nuf"

• barakanuf
• bledamanufäd
• disnufaspadäd
• feledamanufed
• glüganuf
• jelädanuf
• lokädanufed
• mistomanufül
• nufabem
• nufabemem
• nufaglät
• nufalucem
• nufam
• nufaribäd
• nufaribädaboad
• nufaribädakap
• nufaribädastab
• nufaribädem
• nufaribädemibum
• nufaribädik
• nufaslet
• nufäd
• nufed
• nufihitegan
• nufijitegan
• nufitegan
• nufitegön
• nufön
• nufül
• platedanuf
• ridanuf
• stolanuf
• tonanufäd