nus

See also: NUS and nu-s

Albanian

Etymology

A Gheg word. From Proto-Albanian *snutja, from Proto-Indo-European *sneu- (“to turn, to spin”). Cognate to Sanskrit स्नावन् (snāvan, “band, sinew”).

Noun

nus m

1. thread, string

Related terms

• pe

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈnus]
• Rhymes: -us

Etymology 1

From Old Catalan nuu, or from , nos, nou and its variants, from Latin nōdus (probably through a Vulgar Latin form *nudus), ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European *gned-, *gnod- (“to bind”). Compare Occitan nos, French nœud, Spanish nudo.

Noun

nus m (plural nusos)

1. knot

Related terms

• nuar

Etymology 2

Adjective

nus

1. masculine plural of nu

Further reading

• “nus” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “nus”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “nus” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “nus” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Chuukese

Noun

nus

1. remainder
2. leftover

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ny/

Adjective

nus

1. masculine plural of nu

Anagrams

• uns

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Indonesian

Etymology

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Noun

nus (first-person possessive nusku, second-person possessive nusmu, third-person possessive nusnya)

1. squid

See also

• cumi-cumi

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Kristang

Etymology

From Portuguese nós (“we”), from Old Galician-Portuguese nos (“we”), from Latin nōs (“we; us”).

Pronoun

nus

1. we (first-person plural personal pronoun)

See also

Kristang personal pronouns (edit)
Person	Singular	Plural
First	yo	nus
Second	bos	bolotu
Third	eli	olotu

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Norman

Adjective

1. masculine plural of nu

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Novial

Pronoun

1. we; us

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Old French

Pronoun

nus

1. Alternative form of nos; we (first-person plural subject pronoun)

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Portuguese

Adjective

nus

1. (deprecated template usage) Masculine plural of adjective nu.

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Romansch

Etymology

From Latin nōs.

Pronoun

nus

1. we

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

English nose

Noun

nus

1. (anatomy) nose
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