noog

noog (uncountable)

1. Synonym of niger (“Guizotia abyssinica”)

• noug, nug

• Goon, go on, gono-, goon, no go, no-go, nogo, ongo

From Middle Low German genōch, from Old Saxon ginōg, from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz.

Akin to Dutch genoeg, Low German genug, English enough, West Frisian genôch, Danish nok, Swedish nog.

The Proto-Germanic word is a compound of the prefix *ga- + unattested *nōgaz. The latter may be derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- (“to reach, achieve, carry out”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoʊx/

noog

1. (invariable) enough, sufficient, an adequate number or amount of

   Wi hebbt nich noog Geld.

   We don't have enough money.

• nooɡ can never follow an article or another determiner.

noog

1. (invariable) enough, an adequate number or amount

   Dat is nooɡ.

   That's enough.

noog

1. enough, sufficiently, in an adequate way

   De Kinner hebbt nooɡ spöölt.

   The children have played enough.

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *m-nɔk (“bird”). Compare Proto-Austronesian *manuk (“bird, chicken”).

• IPA^(key): /nɒ̃˧˩̤/

noog (classifier: tus)

1. bird

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 142.