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See also: Appendix:Variations of "nu"

Faroese

Alternative forms

Adverb

(not comparable)

  1. now

Icelandic

Etymology

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

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Mandarin

Romanization

(Zhuyin ㄋㄨˊ)

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Old Norse

Etymology

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

Adverb

(not comparable)

  1. now

Descendants

  • Norwegian Bokmål: , nu
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: no
  • Swedish: nu

Portuguese

Adjective

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

  1. Obsolete spelling of nu, now a common misspelling