See also: Appendix:Variations of "nu"

Faroese

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nʉuː/
  • Rhymes: -ʉuː

Adverb

(not comparable)

  1. now

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nuː/
  • Rhymes: -uː

Adverb

  1. now
    • Gunnar Gunnarsson, Fjallkirkjan p. 174
      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 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.”

Synonyms

Derived terms

Kamkata-viri

Kamkata-viri cardinal numbers
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Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *núwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nú/

Numeral

  1. nine

Mandarin

Romanization

(nu2, Zhuyin ㄋㄨˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of
  10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • ᚾᚢ (nu), ᚿᚢ (nu)

Etymology

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

Adverb

(not comparable)

  1. now

Descendants

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

References

Portuguese

Adjective

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

  1. Obsolete spelling of nu, now a common misspelling
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