Asturian

Alternative forms

• enanu
• ñañu

Noun

nanu m sg ‎(feminine singular nana, masculine plural nanos, feminine plural nanes)

1. dwarf

Related terms

• nanismu

German

Etymology

From Low German na ‎(“well”) +‎ nu ‎(“now”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈnuː/

Interjection

nanu

1. (chiefly Northern Germany) An expression of wonderment or confusion.
   • 2015 July 6, “Starts trotz Nachtflugverbot”, in Frankfurter Rundschau:

     Nanu, was macht denn der Flieger da zu so später Stunde?

     Well now, what are the planes doing at so late an hour?

References

1. ↑ 2000, Hans Meyer, Walther Kiaulehn, Siegfried Mauermann, Der richtige Berliner in Wörtern und Redensarten, page 141

Hula

Noun

nanu

1. water

References

• A Comparative Vocabulary of the Dialects of British New Guinea (1895)
• Andrew K. Pawley, ‎Malcolm D. Ross, Austronesian Terminolgies: Continuity and Change (1994), page 458

Keapara

Noun

nanu

1. water

References

• A Comparative Vocabulary of the Dialects of British New Guinea (1895)

Sinaugoro

Noun

nanu

1. water

References

• A Comparative Vocabulary of the Dialects of British New Guinea (1895)