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

Adverb

nú (not comparable)

  1. now

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

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

Kamkata-viri

Kamkata-viri cardinal numbers
 <  8 9 10  > 
    Cardinal : nú

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nú/

Numeral

nú

  1. nine

Mandarin

Romanization

nú (nu2, Zhuyin ㄋㄨˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 伮
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 奴
  3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 孥
  4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 帆
  5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 挏
  6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 笯
  7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 胬
  8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蒘
  9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 駑/驽
  10. 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”).

Adverb

nú (not comparable)

  1. now

Descendants

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

References

Portuguese

Adjective

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

  1. Obsolete spelling of nu, now a common misspelling
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