nuo

See also: nuó, nûo, nuǒ, nuò, nûo, and Nuo

Translingual

Symbol

nuo

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Nguôn.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Nguôn terms

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English

Etymology

From English know.

Verb

nuo (past min nuo, future go nuo, completive dun nuo, imperfective a nuo)

1. to know

Catalan

Verb

nuo

1. first-person singular present indicative of nuar

Esperanto

Greek Alphabet

Νν	Previous:	muo
	Next:	ksio

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek νῦ (nû, “the letter Ν”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnuo/
• Rhymes: -uo
• Syllabification: nu‧o

Noun

nuo (accusative singular nuon, plural nuoj, accusative plural nuojn)

1. nu

Further reading

• “nuo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Finnish

Alternative forms

• nuot (archaic, colloquial)
• noi (colloquial)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *noo (compare Karelian nuo, Võro noo), from Proto-Uralic *no (compare Erzya нонат (nonat), Eastern Mari нуно (nuno), Northern Sami nuvt (“about”)); possible cognates in Samoyedic but relations are indistinguishable from relations to other n-pronouns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnuo̯/, [ˈnuo̞̯]
• Rhymes: -uo
• Syllabification^(key): nuo
• Hyphenation^(key): nuo

Pronoun

nuo

1. (demonstrative) nominative plural of tuo: those (objects pointed at by the speaker)

Determiner

nuo

1. nominative plural of tuo: those (pointed at by the speaker)

Usage notes

See the usage notes under tuo.

Declension

• Case suffixes are regular and the stem is invariant. The comitative is quite infrequently used, but the abessive forms are practically never used. The instructive plural is used but rather as an adverb.

Declension of tuo (type 19/suo) noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative tuo nuo superessive tuolla – genitive tuon noiden noitten delative tuolta – partitive tuota noita sublative tuonne – accusative tuo, tuon nuo lative – – inessive tuossa noissa temporal tuolloin – elative tuosta noista causative – – illative tuohon noihin multiplicative – – adessive tuolla noilla distributive – – ablative tuolta noilta temp. dist. – – allative tuolle noille prolative – – essive tuona noina situative – – translative tuoksi noiksi oppositive – – abessive (tuotta) (noitta) instructive – noin comitative – noine

In dialects, the plural stem noi- might instead be nui- (Northern Savonia, Northern Karelia, Northern Ostrobothnia and many other northern dialects) or nuo- (South Ostrobothnia and some South Karelian dialects).

Descendants

• Kven: nuot

See also

Finnish demonstratives

	proximal	distal	neutral/medial
singular	tämä	tuo	se
plural	nämä	nuo	ne
*) See the usage notes under tuo for the difference between se and tuo.

Further reading

• “nuo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin novus.

Adjective

nuo m sg (plural nua)

1. new

Antonyms

• viecio

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English know.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuɔ/

Verb

nuo

1. to know
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 6:3:

     Wen unu a gi we notn, no bada mek unu lef an nuo wa unu rait an a du

     But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

   • 2015, The Open Grammar Project, A Learner’s Grammar of Jamaican‎^[2]:

     Mi nuo di man.

     I know the man.

Further reading

• nuo at majstro.com

Karelian

Regional variants of nuo

North Karelian (Viena)	nuo
South Karelian (Tver)	nuo

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *noo. Cognates include Finnish nuo and Ingrian noot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnuo̯/
• Hyphenation: nuo

Determiner

nuo

1. (North Karelian or dialectal) those

Pronoun

nuo

1. (North Karelian or dialectal) those

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of nuo (irregular)
	singular	plural
nominative	tuo	nuo
genitive	tuon	noijen
partitive	tuota	noita
illative	tuoh	noih
inessive	tuošša	noissa
elative	tuošta	noista
adessive	tuolla	noilla
ablative	tuolta	noilta
translative	tuokši	noiksi
essive	tuona	noina
comitative	—	noineh
abessive	tuotta	noitta
prolative	—	—
instructive	—	noin

See also

Karelian demonstratives
	proximate	medial	distal
singular	tämä	še	tuo
plural	nämä	ne	nuo
In South Karelian, the medial determiners are used instead of the distal series. Dialectally, the determiners are used as in North Karelian, distinguishing all three series.

References

• P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “nuo”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
• Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “nuo”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[3], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *nō; compare Latvian nò (“from”), Old Prussian no, na (“onto, against, over”), Proto-Slavic *na (“on, to”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- (“up, on high”). In East Baltic the meaning somehow switched from "movement onto" to "movement away". Related to Polish na, Russian на (na), English on, Umbrian 𐌀𐌍- (an-), Old Persian 𐎠𐎴𐎠 (a-n-a /⁠anā⁠/, “upwards, along”), Avestan 𐬀𐬥𐬀 (ana), Sanskrit अनु (anu), Albanian në, Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “up, along”) ἄνω (ánō, “upwards”), Armenian ան- (an-). A similar Balto-Slavic loss of initial *a can be seen in põ (“under, after”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [²ˈnuɔ]
• Rhymes: -uɔ
• Syllabification: nuõ

Preposition

nuõ (with genitive)

1. (with genitive) (away) from, off, out of (movement or position away from; separation from)

   Bė́gau tolỹn nuo šitõs viẽtos. ― I ran far away from this place.

   Kū̃dikis nukri̇̀to nuo lóvos. ― My baby fell out of bed.

   Jõ dárbas nuo namų̃ nutõlęs apiẽ 30 km. ― His work is about 30 km removed from his home.

   Nuo kurios pusės pradėti pjauti žolę? ― Which is the side to begin with in mowing the grass?

2. (with genitive) from; since; due to (indicates the origin, start or cause)

   Darýsime vi̇̀ską nuo pradžiõs iki̇̀ gãlo. ― We'll do everything from start to finish.

   Výrauja núomonė, kàd pil̃vas áuga nuo alaũs. ― There is a prevailing view that the belly grows due to beer.

3. (with genitive) for, of; against (indicates purpose)

   Kokiùs váistus tùrite nuo dantų̃ skaũsmo? ― What medicine do you have for toothache?

   Añt grindų̃ li̇̀ko keli̇̀ tušti̇̀ bùteliai nuo alaũs. ― Some empty bottles of beer were left on the floor.

4. (with genitive) from, on behalf of

   Pérduok jám linkė́jimus nuo manę̃s. ― Say hi to him from me.

Derived terms

• nu-, nuo-
• N-

See also

• iš

Lutuv

Verb

nuo

1. to be happy

   Sui ta Iti kha a nuo khyi

   Sui helped Iti be happy

References

• Katinsky, Hannah (December 2025), “A comparison of applicative constructions in Lutuv (Lautu) and Hakha Lai”, in Indiana Working Papers in South Asian Languages and Cultures‎^[4], volume 4, number 1, →DOI

Mandarin

Romanization

nuo

1. nonstandard spelling of nuó
2. nonstandard spelling of nuǒ
3. nonstandard spelling of nuò

Usage notes

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.