Faroese

Alternative forms

• núgv

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

• (now): núna

Derived terms

• nútíð
• eins og nú standa sakir

Mandarin

Romanization

nú (Zhuyin ㄋㄨˊ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 伮
2. Pinyin transcription of 奴
3. Pinyin transcription of 孥
4. Pinyin transcription of 帆
5. Pinyin transcription of 挏
6. Pinyin transcription of 笯
7. Pinyin transcription of 胬
8. Pinyin transcription of 蒘
9. Pinyin transcription of 駑, 驽
10. Pinyin transcription of 鴑

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Adverb

nú (not comparable)

1. now

Descendants

Portuguese

Adjective

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

1. Obsolete spelling of nu, now a common misspelling