nú
See also: Appendix:Variations of "nu"
Faroese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse nú, from Proto-Germanic *nu (“now”), from Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nʉuː/
- Rhymes: -ʉuː
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse nú, from Proto-Germanic *nu (“now”), from Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nuː/
- Rhymes: -uː
Adverb
nú
- now
- Gunnar Gunnarsson, Fjallkirkjan p. 174
- Nú drekkum við velkomandaminni!
- Now we drink to his/her arrival!
- Nú drekkum við velkomandaminni!
- 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 nú 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.”
- “Krummi croaks outside,
- Gunnar Gunnarsson, Fjallkirkjan p. 174
Synonyms
- (now): núna
Derived terms
Kamkata-viri
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Cardinal : nú | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Nuristani *núwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nú/
Mandarin
Romanization
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 伮
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 奴
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 孥
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 帆
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 挏
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 笯
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 胬
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蒘
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 駑/驽
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鴑
Old Norse
Alternative forms
- ᚾᚢ (nu), ᚿᚢ (nu)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *nu (“now”), from Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”).
Descendants
References
- Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
Portuguese
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